Senior Associate Manager, Opinion Leader Programming - Sarepta Therapeutics - Remote
(2023-04 - 2025-04)
Oversee the management of project timelines and deliverables for Sarepta Advisory Boards and the launch of Sarepta pharmaceutical products.
- Liaise with cross-functional stakeholders to support content development and oversee event workflows prior to KOL engagement.
- Develop project timelines and manage workstreams to ensure timely task execution and organization of day-of logistics.
- Ensure adherence to compliance requirements for advisory boards and HCP engagements.
- Manage the project budget, including the submission, tracking, and approval process for purchase requisitions in support of Sarepta Advisory Boards.
- Manage Smartsheet workflows and overall project timeline tracking for strategic planning of advisory boards.
- Responsible for the preparation of meeting minutes and the provision of regular project updates to internal stakeholders.
- Oversee the tiering process, the calculation of Fair Market Value rates, and contracting with prominent US and international neuromuscular Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs).
- Maximize the adoption and utility of the Konectar platform for tracking KOL engagements and serving as a resource for cross-functional stakeholders.
Senior Research Associate - Sarepta Therapeutics - Andover, MA
(2021-10 - 2023-04)
- Responsible for the cell culture maintenance for multiple mammalian and recombinant cell lines for cell-based assays for virus characterization.
- Responsible for the development, optimization, and method validation for in house myoblast cell lines and to generate reproducible results of microdystrophin total and membrane expression using capillary based immune-assay system.
- Writes SOPs for in vitro potency related activities and operational use of in-house equipment and software.
- Trains and assists the QC team as needed for in-house potency testing. Trains new lab members on cell culture activities and the methods associated with in vitro potency.
- Responsible for all GxP documentation for in vitro potency studies.
- Manages and supports the transition into new construction of GxP lab space by supporting AD/QC compliance initiatives, including installation qualification and operational qualification (IQOQ) of in-house laboratory equipment.
Research Associate II - Sarepta Therapeutics - Andover, MA
(2020-01 - 2021-10)
- Responsible for the cell culture maintenance for multiple mammalian and recombinant cell lines for cell-based assays for virus characterization.
- Responsible for the development, optimization, and method validation for in house myoblast cell lines and to generate reproducible results of microdystrophin total and membrane expression using capillary based immune-assay system.
- Writes SOPs for in vitro potency related activities and operational use of in-house equipment and software.
- Trains and assists the QC team as needed for in-house potency testing. Trains new lab members on cell culture activities and the methods associated with in vitro potency.
- Responsible for all GxP documentation for in vitro potency studies.
- Manages and supports the transition into new construction of GxP lab space by supporting AD/QC compliance initiatives, including installation qualification and operational qualification (IQOQ) of in-house laboratory equipment.
Research Associate Contractor - Ultragenyx Pharmaceuticals - Woburn, MA
(2019-02 - 2019-12)
- Performs qPCR for genome copy recovery titer of viral products and successfully meets deadlines for all of process development sample submissions.
- Developed an E1A/E1B residual qPCR assay to determine the number of encapsulated genome (titer) in recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV)
- Assisted in the development of an Adenovirus 5 impurity ELISA and assisted in the characterization of ddPCR platform development.
- Experience with primer probe and plasmid design used for qPCR
- Writes developmental reports and experience with ROP technical writing
- Experience with cell culture of Huh7 cell line and genomic DNA isolation of cells.
- Performs Host Cell Residual DNA qPCR, linearization of plasmid DNA, western blot, ELISAS, SDS-PAGE and droplet digital PCR for process development sample submissions.
Lab Manager - Maine Medical Center Research Institute - Scarborough, ME
(2017-05 - 2019-02)
Conducts lab management activities such as ordering supplies, manage lab accounts, lab safety training, assist in hiring new employees, and training new employees.
- Performs mouse handling and genotyping for all mouse strains in the lab.
- Assist with small animal surgeries, flow cytometry analysis, human and mouse tissue processing, OCT embedding, microscope imaging, qPCR and ELISAs.
Certified Nursing Assistant - Lahey Hospital and Medical Center - Burlington, MA
(2016-09 - 2019-05)
Responsibilities include performing basic patient care activities in providing for the personal needs, comfort and safety of patients in the neurology and orthopedic surgical department.
- Records vital signs, height and weight, oxygen saturation, blood glucose checks, bladder scan, 12 lead EKG, catheter removal, and intake and output measurements for analysis.
- Logging of patient data into EPIC Systems software.
Contract Research Associate II - Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Cambridge, MA
(2016-02 - 2016-08)
Support ongoing HIV and cancer vaccine studies within the lab, along with being assigned to support research on a collaborative project for RSV vaccine development. The Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research
- Experience with lipid-nanoparticle prep and QC, intramuscular injections, antibody ELISAs, in vivo imaging (IVIS), bleedings, ELISPOTs for T cell analysis, preparation of necropsies, FACS staining and flow cytometric analysis of lymphocytes, quantitative PCR, and in vitro lymphocyte cell culture functional analysis
