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Friday, March 3rd3-5 pm | Holly Auditorium UT Health San Antonio

4th Annual Career Workshop – Highlighting professionals from across diverse career paths – Career development topics and skills will be discussed – Round table Q&A format

PAT H WAYSTO C A R E E R S

I N S C I E N C E

2017

2:45 pm - 2:55 pm Arrival and Check-In

2:55 pm – 3:00 pm Introduction Dr. Teresa Evans

3:00 pm - 3:15 pm Introduction to Innovation in Texas Dr. Benna Koshy

3:15 pm - 3:30 pm 1st Rotation 3 min transition period

3:33 pm - 3:48 pm 2nd Rotation3 min transition period

3:51 pm - 4:06 pm 3rd Rotation3 min transition period

4:09 pm - 4:24 pm 4th Rotation

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Pathways to Careers in Science2017 Speaker Bios

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Jane Andrews, Ph.D. Senior Healthcare Consultant, Frost & Sullivan Topic: Consulting

As a Senior Consultant for Frost & Sullivan, Dr. Jane Andrews develops business opportunities, identifies leads, writes proposals, closes deals, manages projects(Project Management), conducts analyses and delivers the end results. She also pursues and builds new lines of business for Frost and Sullivan.

John Barnes, M.B.A. V.P. of Human Resources & Learning, BioBridge Global Topic: What to do to get hired outside of Academia

Dr. John Barnes is the Vice President of Human Resources at Biobridge Global, a nonprofit company that oversees and supports the South Texas Blood & Tissue Center, QualTex Laboratories, GenCure, and The Blood and Tissue Center Foundation. He also owns an HR software design firm and in the course of his work, he has filed two patent applications for software programs. Prior to his work with BBG, he held senior management positions in operations and human resources at several firms including Texas Biomedical Research Institute, Accenture and ILEX Oncology, Inc. He also served as an adjunct faculty member with Texas A&M San Antonio where he taught a course on Human Resource Information Systems. He is active with the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and the San Antonio Human Resource Management Association where he served as the president of the Association in 1990. He is a member and has served as a volunteer for numerous national and community organizations. John is a graduate of the FBI Citizen’s Academy and is a member of InfraGard, a public-private partnership between U.S. businesses and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. John earned an Associate of Arts degree from New Mexico Military Institute, a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from New Mexico State University, and a Master of Business Administration degree from Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio.

Emily Boice, Ph.D. Communications & Program Director, Mind Science Foundation Topic: Science Communication

Although a Midwest native, Dr. Emily Boice has worked on the research/bench side of science in Virginia, Texas and California studying cancer therapeutics. She maintained an active love of science outreach and event planning all throughout her career. Emily is passionate about sharpening the public perception and understanding of science. She also enjoys thinking of new programming designed to inspire future generations to love science. Currently, she serves as a board member of Green Spaces Alliance and is involved with Junior League, LeaderBoard, Sigma Xi, American Society for Biochemists and Molecular Biologies, Emerging Leaders Council of United Way and SASTEMIC.


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Christine Burke, Ph.D., M.B.A. Director of Commercialization, University of Texas San Antonio Topic: Start-ups & Tech Transfer

Before moving to Texas and joining the Office of Technology Commercialization in 2007, Dr. Christine Burke worked at the University of California’s System-wide Office of Technology Transfer for over four years. At the University of California, she helped create her position as their first Strategic Marketing and Communications Manager, and developed new outreach programs to help companies navigate the ten-campus system. Before moving to the field of technology transfer, Dr. Burke was a founding employee of the laboratory services start-up company, LabVelocity.

Chris Burney, M.B.A. Executive Director, San Antonio Angel Network (SAAN) Topic: Start-ups & Tech Transfer

Chris Burney is a native San Antonian who returned home permanently after spending 10 years living on the East Coast. He is passionate about investing in and advising companies building the San Antonio economy of tomorrow. Prior to joining San Antonio Angel Network, Chris spent four years at Rackspace where he held roles on the operational and strategic finance teams. Chris holds an undergraduate degree from Duke University and an MBA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has also held roles at J.P. Morgan and Thomson Reuters in New York City.

Irene Chapa, Ph.D. Director of Outreach, UT Health San Antonio Topic: Science Communication

Dr. Irene Chapa is the director of the Office of Recruitment and Science Outreach at UT Health San Antonio. She works to increase awareness of health profession opportunities at the university and to educate South Texas youth about pathways that lead to successful health care careers.


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Benjamin J. Daniel, Ph.D. Director of the Flow Cytometry Facility (FCF), UT Health San Antonio Topic: Research Core Director

Dr. Benjamin Daniel serves as the Director of the Flow Cytometry Facility (FCF). This facility is an integral part to UT Health San Antonio and its research mission. This facility accommodates thousands of appointments annually. Much of the data generated from this facility is used in publications and obtaining new grants. Dr. Daniel plays a critical role in educating researchers at all levels in flow cytometry, operation of instrumentation, experimental design, and data interpretation. Dr. Daniels is an immunologist with a published background in infectious disease and cancer. Dr. Daniels current research interest is in T-cell exhaustion in aging, and their dysfunction in anti-tumor immunity.

Beth Eby Principal, Eby Financial Topic: Networking

Principal of the San Antonio financial services firm Eby Financial, Beth Eby works primarily with professionals and executives in health care. Beth is a founder of The Health Cell, a group that brings professionals together across the healthcare and bioscience industry in San Antonio. Active in a number of civic organizations, she is a frequent speaker on the topic of networking, and she credits community engagement for both business success and an interesting life.

Brigitta Glick Founder, Provenir USA Topic: Resume and Interview Skills

Brigitta Glick has over 20 years of human resource leadership experience as a business owner and as an employee across manufacturing, service, and healthcare organizations. She currently serves as the President and CEO of Provenir, a firm she launched in 1995 in Chicago and brought back to her native San Antonio in 2008. Provenir is a robust team comprised of 20 professionals that work with clients in the healthcare space to address their human resources, direct hire and staffing needs. Brigitta is a founder of The Health Cell – a professional organization whose mission is to leverage the collaborative spirit of San Antonio’s healthcare and bioscience industry to engage, through unique personal and professional growth, the people who will propel the community toward maximum sector success.


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Silvia N. Calderon-Gutkind, Ph.D. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER), Controlled Substance Staff (CSS) Topic: FDA Research

Dr. Silvia Calderon is a Senior Scientist in the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER), Controlled Substance Staff (CSS). She received her Ph.D. in Medicinal Chemistry from the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and her training and expertise are concentrated in the fields of medicinal chemistry and pharmacology of drugs of abuse. Currently, she advises pharmacologists on the abuse liability assessment of new drug products and formulations, and provides guidance regarding policy and review.

Kenneth M. Hargreaves, D.D.S., Ph.D. Endodontics Faculty, UT Health San Antonio School of Dentistry Topic: Research Intensive Institute

Dr. Kenneth Hargreaves received his B.A. in neurobiology from the University of California at Berkeley in 1977, his D.D.S. from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., in 1983, and his Ph.D. in Physiology from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland, in 1986. From 1986 to 1990, he was a Staff Fellow and Senior Staff Fellow at the Neurobiology and Anesthesiology Branch of the National Institute of Dental Research (now NIDCR) at the NIH. He completed his residency in Endodontics at the University of Minnesota in 1993 and is a Diplomate of the American Board of Endodontics. Dr. Hargreaves is currently professor and chair of the Department of Endodontics, and professor in the Department of Pharmacology, Department of Physiology, and Department of Surgery at The University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio. He also maintains a private practice limited to endodontics.

Carmen Hinojosa-Laborde, Ph.D. U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research Topic: DOD Research

Dr. Carmen Hinojosa-Laborde is a native of San Antonio, TX. After postdoctoral training in Wisconsin and Iowa, Dr. Hinojosa-Laborde and her husband returned to San Antonio to raise their two children. She joined the Research Faculty at UT Health San Antonio in 1992. During her academic career, her research focused on sex differences in blood pressure regulation with an emphasis on hypertension and aging. After 17 years at UTHSCSA, Dr. Hinojosa-Laborde was recruited to join the scientific community at the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research (USAISR) in 2009. As a government scientist, Dr. Hinojosa-Laborde’s current research focuses on the pathophysiology of hemorrhage.


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Thomas M. Keck, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Rowan University Topic: Primarily Undergrad Institution

Dr. Thomas Keck is an Assistant Professor at Rowan University, a public research university with a primarily undergraduate population located in Glassboro, New Jersey. Through graduate studies at Oregon Health & Science University, and postdoctoral studies at the National Institute on Drug Abuse, his research has focused on the in vitro and in vivo effects of medications and illicit drugs, and the development of new medications for neuropsychiatric disorders. Since starting his own lab in 2014, Dr. Keck has mentored hordes of undergraduate students doing molecular and animal behavioral work on various medications development projects focused on dopamine, trace amine, and opioid receptors.

Beena Koshy, Ph.D. Special Consultant, Academia-Industry partnerships, in the Office of Health Affairs at the University of Texas System Topic: Research Innovation and Technology Transfer

Dr. Beena Koshy has a Ph.D. in Life Sciences and was formally trained in biochemistry, immunology, and genetics from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India and post-doctoral training in genetics at the Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas. She has 15 years of research experience in academia, small biotech and the pharmaceutical industry. Beena was with GlaxoSmithKline in Research Triangle Park, NC for nine years, where she was a Manager in R&D. At GSK, Beena led pharmacogenomic projects in multiple therapeutic areas including Oncology, Metabolic, Neuroscience, Respiratory and Infectious Diseases. She was also a Board member of the GSK Hepatotoxicity Safety Board, Toxicity Leadership Team, Biomarkers Safety Team and the Drug Interaction Advisory Committee. Most recently, she was in the External Alliances Group in Genetics at GlaxoSmithKline. In that role, she led and maintained collaborations with academic groups in Asia-Pacific, Japan and Emerging Markets (APJEM) to support GlaxoSmithKline’s internal programs in drug discovery and development. Beena currently works with Vice Chancellor, Dr. Patricia Hurn, at the UT System on the Texas Fresh AIR (Academia-Industry Roundtable) initiative. As part of the Texas FreshAIR initiative, Beena was responsible for outlining and executing a strategy for initiating partnerships between the UT System and its institutions and pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies.


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Christopher R. McCurdy, Ph.D. B.S.Ph, FAAPS Professor, Medicinal Chemistry, University of Florida Topic: Research Intensive Institute

Dr. Christopher McCurdy is a broadly trained medicinal chemist, behavioral pharmacologist and pharmacist whose research focuses on the design, synthesis and development of drugs to treat pain and drug abuse. For over 20 years, much of his research has focused on opioid, Neuropeptide FF and sigma receptor ligand/probe design, synthesis, pharmacological evaluation and development. He has been successful in discovering unique and selective tools for sigma receptors, NPFF receptors and opioid receptors. A significant portion of his career has been dedicated to the development of novel sigma receptor ligands, in collaboration with a variety of interdisciplinary groups, to generate and optimize selective ligands which could serve as critical experimental tools, and more recently, as potential medication development leads to attenuate the effects of cocaine, methamphetamine and pain. Most notably, he has developed a PET/MR imaging diagnostic agent for visualizing the origins of chronic, neuropathic pain by interacting with sigma receptors at the site of nerve damage. In May of 2015, the USFDA approved an eIND filing to proceed with first-in-human studies that are currently underway in a Phase 0 trial. In addition to his discovery chemistry roles, Dr. McCurdy directed the in vivo behavioral pharmacology core of the University of Mississippi’s NIGMH Center of Biological Research Excellence in Natural Products Neuroscience.

Melanie Paquette-McNerlin, Ph.D. Medical Science Liaison Consultant in Neuroscience with Eli Lilly Topic: Medical Science Liason

Dr. Melanie Paquette-McNerlin grew up in Maine and did her undergraduate work at Brandeis University, just outside of Boston, where she majored in Psychology and minored in French. She then moved to Phoenix to do her Master’s and Ph.D. at Arizona State University in Psychology/Behavioral Neuroscience, followed by a postdoc in Behavioral Neuroscience at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland. She worked as a research faculty (instructor) in Neurology at Oregon Health & Science University, then in Dr. Andrea Giuffrida’s lab in the Department of Pharmacology at UT Health San Antonio studying the 6-OHDA rat model of Parkinson’s disease. Since 2010, she has been a Medical Science Liaison with Eli Lilly (Indianapolis, IN) in Neuroscience, covering Psychiatry, Neurology, and Pain. Melanie is based in San Antonio, and she meets with researchers in Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas. She also moonlights as a science/medical editor for two companies, Write Science Right (Las Vegas, NV) and Biomed Proofreading (Cincinnati, OH).


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Wendy Rigby Bioscience & Medicine Reporter, Texas Public Radio Topic: Science Communication-Media (Radio, TV, Newspaper)

Wendy Rigby is a San Antonio native who has worked as a journalist for more than 25 years. She spent two decades at KENS-TV covering health and medical news. Now, she brings her considerable background, experience and passion to Texas Public Radio. Wendy has earned dozens of awards for medical reporting from various state and national organizations including the Texas Medical Association, the American Cancer Society, American Heart Association, and the Dallas Press Club. She has been honored with two Emmy Awards from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Print and Broadcast Journalism from Trinity University in San Antonio. She graduated summa cum laude.

Ann Beal Salamone President, Rochal Industries Topic: What’s Needed to Establish a Startup Company

Ann Beal Salamone is President of Rochal Industries LLC, a private research company which develops new biomaterials for wound and burn care. Holding 21 U.S. patents/applications, she has developed products for electronics, water purification, personal care and healthcare. She has invested in, and served on, the boards for several entrepreneurial companies as well as co-founded six companies.

Jose Salinas, Ph.D. Research Task Area Manager for the Comprehensive Intensive Care Research program, U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research Topic: DOD Research

Dr. Jose Salinas guides research into development of improved digital signal processing algorithms for enhanced diagnosis of combat casualties including the use of advanced machine learning techniques for better physiologic models of trauma injuries. His current program currently includes over 20 full-time intramural researchers working at the institute, in addition to, multiple extramural efforts with universities and medical devices companies. Dr. Salinas received his education from Texas A&M University.


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Brian Stout, Ph.D. Biology, Physiology, Microbiology & Genetics courses, Northwest Vista College Consultant, Ulibarri-Mason Global Human Resources Topic: Primarily Undergrad Institution

After completing a Postdoc in Biochemistry at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Dr. Brian Stout was hired as an Adjunct Professor at Northwest Vista College. Within a year he received a tenure-track position. During his 12 years at the college he has served as Department Chair for the Natural and Physical Sciences and was elected Faculty Senate President. Dr. Stout has won several service and teaching awards, as well as being nominated by the college for the statewide Minnie Piper Steven’s Award.

Guillermo Vela CEO and Co-Founder, Nebulab Topic: What’s Needed to Establish a Startup Company

Guillermo Vela is the CEO and co-founder of Nebulab, a San Antonio-based tech company working to simplify how scientists store, organize, and share their data, increasing efficiency and accelerating scientific discovery. Nebulab was 1 of 10 companies selected from over 1200 worldwide applicants to participate in the 2015 Techstars Cloud Accelerator program. Nebulab is also a recipient of the Geekdom Startup Fund. Previously, Guillermo worked as a brain cancer and stem cell researcher for the Department of Neurosurgery and Oncology at Johns Hopkins.

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