Rachel Beers, MS – Speaker Bio Current position: Clinical Coordinator & Adjunct Professor of Microbiology, Medical College of Wisconsin Previous positions: Lab Research Associate, Visiting Professor, Microbiologist Current position description: I manage recruitment, patient databases, compliance/regulation, clinical trials, and patient study visits from MRI studies in the Research Radiology Dpt. I collaborate with Research teams …
Christopher Eggers, PhD – Speaker Bio Current position: Senior Research Scientist, Promega Corp. Previous positions: Postdoctoral Fellow, Howard Hughes Medical Institute at the University of California, San Diego Current position description: Since completing graduate work at UCSF and a postdoctoral fellowship at UCSD, I have worked as a Senior Research Scientist at Promega Corporation. My …
Matt Frankel, PhD – Speaker Bio Current position: Director R&D, Abbott Laboratories Previous positions: Various technical roles in R&D at Abbott Current position description: My focus at Abbot is in the Diagnostics division. I currently manage multiple teams working to develop a novel method to screen blood donations to ensure a safe blood supply. We …
Heather Hensler, PhD – Speaker Bio Current position: Global Scientific Communications Lead – COVID and RSV, Moderna Therapeutics Previous positions: Northwestern University Post-doctoral fellow, Medical Science Liaison (Novartis/GSK vaccines), US Field Medical Director (Moderna) Current position description: My role involves setting the scientific communication plan for Moderna’s COVID and RSV vaccines and delivering all of …
Susan Hill, PhD – Speaker Bio Current position: Senior Scientist, AbbVie Current position description: I began as a scientist at a peptide therapeutics startup immediately out of grad school, and I have since worked with colleagues to grow and scale our technology as we have since been acquired by a large global pharmaceutical company. Advice …
Christine Hustmyer, PhD – Speaker Bio Current position: Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, Butler University Previous positions: Lecturer 1, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Biocore Program; Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Beloit College Current position description: After discovering the joy of mentoring and teaching students in the research lab and the classroom as a PhD student at …
Brita Kilbrg-Basnyat, PhD – Speaker Bio Current position: Associate Director, Certara Previous positions: Senior Scientist/ Principal Investigator – Arcus Biosciences; Health Risk Assessor – Wisconsin Department of Health Services; Toxicology Study Director – LabCorp (Covance); Postdoctoral Scholar – East Carolina University Current position description: My career in toxicology has taken me through government, industry, and …
Shruthi Magesh, PhD – Speaker Bio Current position: Global Baby Care Microbiologist, Proctor & Gamble Current position description: I am a PhD Scientist in Baby, Feminine and Family Care at Procter & Gamble, where I support innovation from early-stage research through product launch by working across upstream R&D, quality and compliance, and product release. My …
Chris McMahon, PhD – Speaker Bio Current position: Senior Director of Discovery Research, Fujifilm Cellular Dynamics, Inc. Previous positions: Director of Product Development, Primorigen Biosciences; R&D Group Leader, EMD Chemicals (Novagen); Associate Scientist, PowderJect Vaccines Current position description: My R&D teams at FCDI figure out how to differentiate induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) into different …
Nicole Meyer-Morse, PhD – Speaker Bio Current position: Response Division Director (acting); Mitigation Deputy Division Director, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Previous positions: AAAS Fellow Department of Defense, Chemical and Biological Defense; CCST Fellow California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services; Science and Technology Advisor, California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services; Deputy Division Director, Public Assistance, …