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| President: Janet White | President: Anna-Maria Hays , Ph.D. | President: Anna-Maria Hays , Ph.D. | President: Elaine Weidenhammer, Ph.D. | Kim Barrett, Ph.D. | Lee Fortunato, Ph.D. |
| Vice Pres: |
Vice Pres: Barbara Coleman, Ph.D. |
Vice Pres: Barbara Coleman, Ph.D. |
Vice Pres: Linette Edison |
Cathleen Davies | Marcelle Vogel |
| Treasurer: Kathleen Ogilvie, Ph.D. |
Treasurer: Kathleen Ogilvie, Ph.D. |
Treasurer: Kathleen Ogilvie, Ph.D. |
Treasurer: Kathleen Ogilvie, Ph.D. |
Linette Edison | Sharon Wampler, Ph.D. |
| Secretary: Tobey Tam , Ph.D. |
Secretary: Karen Arden , Ph.D. |
Secretary: Karen Arden , Ph.D. |
Sergeant-at-Arms: Barbara Coleman, Ph.D. |
Sharon Wampler, Ph.D. | |
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Public Relations: |
Member-at-Large: |
Member-at-Large: |
Elaine Weidenhammer, Ph.D. | ||
| President Elect:
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President Elect:
Janet White |
Member-at-Large:
Cathleen Davies |
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Past Board Member Biographies
Karen Arden, Ph.D.
Karen received her Ph.D. from the University of Texas Graduate
School of Biomedical Sciences - Houston. She was a poctdoctoral fellow
at the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Montreal Branch. When the
Montreal Branch of the Ludwig Institute relocated to the UCSD campus she
was promoted within the Ludwig Institute and accepted a faculty
appointment at UCSD School of Medicine. She is currently an Associate
Investigator at the
Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, San Diego Branch with a joint
appointment as an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine at
UCSD. Her research interests focus on cancer genetics. This is her first
year as a candidate for the AWIS-SD 2002 Board. Email her at:
karden@ucsd.edu
Kim Barrett, Ph.D.
Kim received her Ph.D. in Biological Chemistry from University College
London in 1982. Following a post-doctoral fellowship at the NIH, she joined
the faculty at UCSD in 1985 and rose through the academic ranks to Professor
of Medicine in 1996. She also serves as Vice-Chair for Research in her
Department and Chair of the Biomedical Sciences Graduate program, among
other research, teaching and administrative responsibilities. Her research
interests center in the area of epithelial biology and signal transduction,
particularly in the gastrointestinal tract. E-mail her at:
kbarrett@ucsd.edu
Barbara Coleman,
Ph.D.
Barbara is a senior executive recruiter in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical
industries. Dr. Coleman made the transition to her present role as a scientific
"talent scout" after many years as a research scientist. She obtained
her B.S. and M.S. in Microbiology at the University of Maryland. After
training at NIH, she earned her Ph.D. in Pharmacology at Cornell
University and did postdoctoral studies at UCSD in Pharmacology. The
opportunity to recruit for MSI International in the biomedical field
combined her love for science and people. Barbara's success in placing
people in biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies earned her Rookie
of the Year in 1999, memberhip in MSI's highly respected Director's Club
in 2000 and "2001 Recruiter of the Year" for the corporation. In 2002
she reached a career milestone with placement fees totaling over one
million dollars. The year 2003 brings new joy establishing an independent
recruiting firm in San Diego called PharmScouts. She is a member of AAPS,
AALAS, and on the Executive Board of Directors for the Association of
Women in Science's San Diego Chapter. Email her at: pharmascout@covad.net.
Cathleen Davies
E-mail her at: cdavies@mcc.miracosta.cc.ca.us
Linette Edison
Linette is currently the Director of Business Development Out-licensing
at Epicyte Pharmaceutical. Her career includes 4 years with San Diego's
Advanced Tissue Sciences as Director of Epicardial Patch Product Development.
Previous to that, her academic career includes over 15 years in research
and research administration at The Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine
and The National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. Linette obtained
her MBA in 1992 and her BS in Biology in 1982. She has served on the University
of Washington Engineered Biomaterials Industrial Partners Council, the
Georgia Tech / Emory University Center for the Engineering of Living Tissues
Educational Partners Council and as a board member for the San Diego chapter
of AWIS for 2 years. E-mail her at:
ledison@epicyte.com
Melissa Fitzgerald, Ph.D.
Melissa is a Senior Licensing Officer in the Technology Transfer & Intellectual
Property Services Office at UCSD. At UCSD, she is responsible for evaluating
a portfolio of biotechnology, biomedical and life science inventions for
patentability and marketability, and for licensing these inventions to
industry. Prior to joining UCSD in July of 2001, Melissa was the Vice
President of Research and Corporate Development at DermTech International,
a San Diego start-up company that is developing a non-invasive method
for isolation and detection of polynucleotides from the skin, called the
DermPatch. From 1995 to 1999, she was a Scientist at Dura Pharmaceuticals
(now Elan Pharmaceuticals), where she developed dry powder formulations
of protein and peptide therapeutics for pulmonary delivery.
Melissa's academic experience includes postdoctoral work in X-ray
crystallography
and protein engineering at The Scripps Research Institute. She obtained
a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from Virginia Commonwealth University, the
Diplome D'Etudes Approfondies in Organic Chemistry from l'Universite Louis
Pasteur in Strasbourg, France, and a B.S. in Chemistry from Loyola College
in Maryland.
Melissa is a Board member for AWIS-SD, and served on the Speakers'
Committee
in 1999, and the Fundraising Committee in 2001, for the Women in BioScience
Conference. She was the Chair of the Women Chemists Committee for the
San Diego Section of the ACS from 1998-2000. E-mail her at: mfitzgeraldca@yahoo.com
Anna-Maria Hays, Ph.D.
Anna-Maria obtained her B.A. in Biology and German at Emory and Henry
College in 1994 and her Ph.D. in Biochemistry from University of
California, Riverside in 1999. Her doctoral research focused on the area
of proton-coupled electron transfer events in Photosystem II. She is
currently a NIH postdoctoral fellow at the Scripps Research Institute and
the California Institute of Technology. Her project focuses on the design
and synthesis of tethered transition metal probes for metalloenzymes. She
was a member of GWIS and acted as a taskforce leader in the development of
the Center for Bio/Technology at the University of California, Riverside
during her graduate years. A member of AWIS since 2000, she now acts as
Outreach and Scholarship Committee Chairperson and Fundraising Chair of
the 2002 AWIS Gala. E-mail her at: haysam@scripps.edu
Karin Lucas, Ph.D.
Karin received her BS in Biochemistry from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo and
her Ph.D. from UCSD in the Edward Dennis laboratory where she studied the
role of phospholipase A2 in spinally mediated hyperalgesia. Karin joined
AWIS in March of 2002. She chaired the PR committee for the 2003 Women In
Bioscience conference and was the chair of the membership committee.
Karin was selected as the 2003 AWIS Rookie of the Year for her work with
the organization. In addition to her interest in science Karin is also an
avid recreational athelete and enjoys spending time biking, skiing, boogy
boarding and playing volleyball. During the winter months she works part
time as a ski instructor at Snow Valley in San Bernadino. E-mail her at:
E-mail her at: karinlucas@cox.net
Kathleen Ogilvie, Ph.D.
Kathy received her Ph.D. in Biological Sciences from the University of
Delaware in 1994. She continued her training in neuroendocrinology with
Dr. Catherine Rivier at the Salk Institute. Presently, she is employed
as a Senior Research Scientist at Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc., where
she is responsible for screening and characterizing candidate therapeutic
compounds in models of type 2 diabetes and obesity. E-mail her at:
myersogilvie@cox.net
Member-at-Large: Tobey Tam,
Ph.D.Tobey received her BS in Biology at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia and her Ph.D. in Neurodevelopment at UCSD. Her postdoctorial research was in computational biology at the San Diego Supercomputer Center. Her work was split between research and database software. Her research involved developing and applying computational programs to find specific motifs within genomic databases. In the summer of 2002, she joined the law firm Heller Ehrman as a scientific advisor. A member of AWIS since 1997, she also served on the WIB1999, 2001 & 2003 committee, is a member and writer on the AWIS newsletter committee since 2000, founder of the book club, chair of the 2002 AWIS Gala, and webmaster of this site. Email her at: tobey_awis@yahoo.com
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10/04/04
Rachelle Thompson, Ph.D.
Rachelle received her BS in Chemistry (with highest honors) at Furman
University in Greenville, SC and her Ph.D. in Chemistry at Stanford
University. Her doctoral research focused on the interactions of
phospholipids bilayers with peptides as part of the Biophysical Chemistry
program at Stanford. In September 2000, Rachelle joined Heller Ehrman
White and McAuliffe LLP, where she works as a patent agent. Rachelle is
also enrolled in the part-time law program at the University of San Diego,
where she is a member of Law Review. Rachelle has been active in
AWIS-SD since 2002 and served as a member of the scholarship committee.
This is her first year as an AWIS-SD Board Member. Email her at: rachellethompson@stanfordalumni.org
Marcelle
Vogel
Marcelle Miller-Vogel has a varied pharmaceutical and biomedical background
in sales, marketing and communications with twelve years healthcare experience.
Starting in generic pharmaceutical marketing with Goldline Laboratories
and IVAX Corporation, she relocated to San Diego over six years ago and
moved into the biotech and life science industry with BIOCOM/San Diego
and La Jolla Pharmaceutical, before joining BioSpace in an e-sales role
before joining Brand Institute as Director, Business Development for the
San Diego office in May 2001. Marcelle has been an AWIS member for over
two years and first got involved as a keynote speaker for the 1997 Women
in Bioscience conference. E-mail her at:
marcellevogel@USA.NET
Sharon Wampler,
Ph.D.
Sharon Wampler, Ph.D. is Director of Bioscience for UCSD Extension
where she is developing educational programs to meet the needs of the
bioscience industry both for professional development and career
transitioning. Prior to joining UCSD in fall 2001, she worked for 8 years
in the San Diego biotech industry in various capacities as a research
scientist, marketing manager and field application scientist. With
experience in several early stage companies, she appreciates the dynamics
and innovation of this growing industry. Sharon is a member of the BIOCOM
Workforce Education committee and has taught for biotech training programs
at City College and Miramar College. Additionally, she has been actively
involved with the San Diego chapter of AWIS since 1996, serving a two-year
term on the executive board in addition to chairing various committees.
In 2002, she was elected to the Executive Board of AWIS National and will
serve a three-year term as Councilor. Sharon received her Ph.D. in Biology
from University of California, San Diego in 1993.
E-mail her at:
Sharon_WAMPLER@yahoo.com
Elaine Weidenhammer, Ph.D.
Elaine completed her graduate thesis at Carnegie Mellon University in
Pitssburgh, PA and then accepted a postdoctoral position at the UCSD School
of Medicine. In February 1998, she moved to Nanogen, a local biotech company,
and is currently a staff scientist in the Gene Expression Group. Nanogen
is involved in developing electronic microarray formats ("chips") for
analysis of nucleic acid and proteins; Elaine's particular focus is to
devise protocols for determining mRNA expression
levels in different cell typestreatment conditions. Elaine co-chaired
the Speakers' Committee for the 1999 Women in Bioscience Conference and
was co-chair of the 2001 WIB conference. She is also the chair of the
Publicity Committee and the President of the AWIS-SD Board. E-mail her
at: eweiden@hotmail.com
President Elect:
Janet White, MA, MBA
Janet White is Senior Director of Business Operations for Development at Pfizer's La Jolla Laboratories, where her responsibilities include business planning and performance measurement. Janet has worked with Pfizer in San Diego since 2002; before joining Pfizer she worked as a pharmaceutical business consultant in Princeton, New Jersey. Janet originally trained as a chemist and worked for nine years within R&D at GlaxoSmithKline in the UK; she then studied for an MBA, which was her stepping stone to a new career in consulting.
Janet has been an AWIS member since June 2001, a San Diego Board Member since 2003 and is currently Board President. She was President-Elect of the Central Jersey Chapter at the time she left Princeton. As well as chairing the Board, she co-chairs the 2005 WIB Organizing Committee, chairs the Database Committee, is an active member of the Corporate Sponsorship Committee and Board Liaison to the Newsletter and Website Committees. In recent years she has also been an active member of the Outreach and Strategy Sessions Committees, led a team that raised over $33,000 for WIB 2003, and also designed and led a strategic planning workshop for AWIS Board and Committee Chairs in January 2004 (something she is repeating with the National AWIS Board and Committee Chairs in September 2004). Under Janet's leadership the Board has adopted a three pronged strategy to consolidate and build on the recent growth of AWIS-SD; to increase awareness of AWIS within San Diego, to increase seniority and diversity of our membership (in terms of scientific discipline, geographical location within our region, mix of academic, industry and government, and age and experience), and to strengthen our infrastructure. In her remaining year as President Janet intends to continue to pursue these three strategies.
Janet is married to Jonathan and they have three pet dogs. Her other passion is music - she performs regularly on the cello and enjoys playing chamber music for relaxation.
E-mail her at: janetwhite99@hotmail.com
