Past Speakers

[ Thursday, January 17, 2013 ] 5–6pm HSB room T-747
Download a video of Dr. DesRosier's talk here
"Has It Really Been 30 Years? A Not So Straightforward Career in the Life Sciences "
John DesRosier , PhD.
Executive Director
WA Life Sciences Discovery Fund, Seattle, WA

[ Thursday, February 7, 2013 ] 5–6pm HSB room T-625
Download a video of Dr. Berezow's talk here
"How a Microbiology Ph.D. Became an Editor, Science Writer and Book Author"
Alex Berezow, PhD.
Editor, RealClearScience; Co-author, Science Left Behind
Seattle, WA

[ Thursday, March 14, 2013 ] 5–6pm HSB room T-625
Download a video of Dr. Jeffress' talk here
"Getting Down to Business: Careers in Consulting"
Mara Jeffress , PhD.
Associate Consultant, Kantar Health, Foster City, CA

[ Thursday, April 4, 2013 ] 5–6pm HSB room T-733
Download a video of Dr. Chertova's talk here
"Drugs, Money, and Trials: The Life of a Regulatory Medical Writer "
Cortney Chertova , PhD.
Medical Writer/Project Manager for Randstad Pharma, Seattle, WA

[ Thursday, October 11, 2012 ] 5–6pm HSB room T-625
Download a video of Dr. Freedman's talk here
"Career Opportunities in Academia, Industry and Government"
Toby Freedman, PhD.
Author, Founder/President of Synapsis Search
Program Chair for the BioScience Forum, San Francisco, CA

[ Thursday, November 15, 2012 ] 5–6pm HSB room T-625
Click here for Dr. Urvater's Presentation Slides
"Patent Agent: A Not-So Alternative Career in Science"
Julie Urvater, PhD.
Patent Agent
Cooley, LLP, Seattle, WA

[ Thursday, December 6, 2012 ] 5–6pm HSB room T-747
Download a video of Dr. Ponce's talk here
"From Academia to Biopharmaceutical Development"
Rafael Ponce, PhD.
Scientific Director, Comparative Biology & Safety Sciences
Amgen, Seattle, WA

[ Thursday, May 24, 2012 ] 5–6pm HSB room T-733
" Informal Science Education Careers "
Wendy Hansen, PhD.
Project Manager, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA

[ Thursday, April 19, 2012 ] 5–6pm HSB
Marion Dorer , PhD.
Sr. Research Scientist Emerald biostructures, Seattle, WA

[ Thursday, February 23, 2012 ] 5–6pm HSB room T-747
" Looking out the lab window- A serendipitous path from academic research to science commercialization "
Christiana DelloRusso, PhD.
Director of Commercialization Washington Biotechnology and Biomedical Association, Seattle, WA

[ Thursday, January 12, 2012 ] 5–6pm HSB room T-747
"Staying on Target: How to leverage a biomedical science career with a PhD"
Dr. Darren Begley, PhD.
Sr. Research scientist Emerald biostructures, Seattle, WA

[Thursday, September 29th, 2011] 5–6pm HSB room T-625
Neile A. Grayson, Ph.D.
Vice President, Drug Development KinDex Therapeutics, Seattle, WA

[Thursday, October 20th, 2011] 5-6pm HSB room T-625
"From Amino Acids to Aircraft Fuel - Going Full Circle in Biology Applications."
Margaret McCormick, Ph.D.
Chief Operations Officer Matrix Genetics, Seattle, WA

[Thursday, November 17th, 2011] 5-6pm HSB room T-625
Is my career compass broken? A post-doctoral journey from public health research to academia, then back again."
David Sue, Ph.D.
Fellow in Microbiology Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA

[Thursday, December 1st, 2011] 5-6pm HSB room T-733
The science of dark chocolate. Why a molecular biologist ended up in the world of cocoa.
Andrew McShea, Ph.D.
Chief Operating Officer ("Dr. Choc") Theo Chocolate, Seattle, WA

[Thursday, June 2nd, 2011] 5-6pm HSC Room T-733
"The Rollercoaster Ride of a Biotech Startup: The Rewards and Challenges of Taking an Idea to a Commercial Product"
Gary K. Geiss, Ph.D.
Principal Scientist NanoString Technologies, Inc.

[Thursday, February 17th, 2011] 5-6pm HSC Room T-733
"Life after the Lab: Working in the Office of the Secretary of Defense" or "What's a nice scientist like you doing in a job like this?"
Andrew Mara, Ph.D.
Operations Research Analyst US Department of Defense (and former AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow)

[Thursday, January 20th, 2011] 5-6pm HSC Room T-733
"The Ups and Downs of a Career in the Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology Industry "
Dennis M. Miller, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President, Research and Preclinical Development ZymoGenetics, Inc.

[Thursday, December 2nd, 2010] 5-6pm HSC Room T-739
"Scientific Communications: Translating and Communicating Data for the Public"
Arun Divakaruni, Ph.D.
Director, Scientific Communications Weber Shandwick

[Thursday, November 18th, 2010] 5-6pm HSC Room T-625
"Swimming with the Current: One Girl's Path from Biomechanics and Cartilage to Biomarkers and Global Health"
Jennifer Gardiner, Ph.D.
Associate Program Officer Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

[Thursday, October 21st, 2010] 5-6pm HSC Room T-739
"Biology is Technology: The Promise, Peril, and New Business of Engineering Life"
Rob Carlson, Ph.D.
Principal, Biodesic, LLC

[Thursday, May 20th, 2010] 5-6pm HSC Room T-625
"Career GPS: Planning Your Route From Academia to Industry"
Chris Palatucci, Ph.D.
Founding Partner, Palatucci Executive Search

[Thursday, April 29th, 2010] 5-6pm HSC Room T-625
"A Road Well Trampled: The Career Wanderings of a Cell Biologist"
Michael Carleton, Ph.D.
Director of Core Technologies, Targeted Growth, Inc.

[Thursday, April 8th, 2010] 5-6pm HSC Room T-625
"The Rollercoaster of Developing Biotech Products"
Claudia Jochheim, Ph.D.
Principal Consulatnt, CMC Consulting

[Thursday, March 4th, 2010] 5-6pm HSC Room T-625
"How to Write about Sex, Dogs, and Robots for Fun and Profit"
Bryn Nelson, Ph.D.
Freelance Science Writer & Editor

[Thursday, January 14th, 2010] 5-6pm HSC Room T-739
"Options Beyond Academia in Scientific Editing"
Laura Zahn, Ph.D.
Associate Editor, Science
American Association for the Advancement of Science

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[Thursday, October 8th, 2009] 5-6pm HSC Room T-625
"Science Policy in the Global Marketplace: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly"
Steve Froggett, Ph.D.
Scientific Advisor
Foreign Agricultural Service, United States Department of Agriculture
Diplomacy Fellow
AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellowship, American Association for the Advancement of Science

[Thursday, November 5th, 2009] 5-6pm HSC Room T-625
"Demystifying the Black Box of Biotech: What Does a Scientist in Industry Actually Do?"
Heather Arnett, Ph.D.
Principal Scientist, Inflammation
Amgen, Inc.

[Thursday, December 10th, 2009] 5-6pm HSC Room T-625
"User Experience Research: Building the Right Product... Better"
Bob Silverstein, Ph.D.
User Experience Researcher
Microsoft Corporation

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[Thursday, April, 2nd, 2009] 5-6pm HSC Room T-625
"My Life as a Medical Writer"
Clifford Mintz, Ph.D.
Owner and Principal
Mintz Medical Communications

[Thursday, May, 7th, 2009] 5-6pm HSC Room T-625
"Outside Academia: Bioscience Research in Pharma and at NASA"
Beverly Girten, Ph.D.
Deputy Division Chief of Strategic Management and Analysis
NASA Ames Research Center

[Thursday, May, 21st, 2009] 5-6pm HSC Room T-625
"Development of appropriate technologies for low resource settings: a multidisciplinary approach"
Gonzalo Domingo, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
PATH (Program for Appropriate Technology in Health)

[Thursday, June, 4th, 2009] 5-6pm HSC Room T-625
"From Bench to Bedside, via the Boardroom"
Eric Blackstone, Ph.D., M.B.A.
Technology Manager
UW TechTransfer

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[Tuesday, January 27th, 2009] 5-6pm HSC Room T-625
"Some perspectives on teaching at an independent high school"
Erin McClelland, Ph.D.
Instructor
Lakeside High School

[Thursday, February 26th, 2009] 5-6pm HSC Room T-625
"Preparing for opportunities in the biotechnology industry"
Shawn Iadonato, Ph.D.
Executive Vice President, Chief Scientific Officer, Director
Kineta, Inc.

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[ Thursday, October 2nd, 2008 ] 5-6pm HSC Room T-739
"From Benchtop to Bedside: Navigating the Path Through Clinical Research"
Ayana T. Moore, PhD, RAC
Clinical Research Manager
Family Health International

[Thursday, November 6th, 2008] 5-6pm HSC Room T-739
"From Lab Rat To Law Geek: Life As a Patent Attorney"
Karen S. Canady, Ph.D., Esq
Intellectual Property Counsel
Canady and Lortz LLP

[ Thursday, December 4th, 2008 ] 5-6pm HSC Room T-739
"Bringing Bench Science Solutions to Complex Problems: Careers in Scientific Consulting"
Adriana Alejandro Osorio, PhD
Senior Consultant
Booz Allen Hamilton

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"Adaptation & Growth During Turbulent Times in Pharm/Biotech"
Stephanie K. Florio, Ph.D.
Research Training Manager, Global R&D Standards and Education, Amgen Inc

"Dealing with Data: From Bench Science to Medical Writing"
Kate Loughney, Ph.D.
Freelance Medical Writer

"Drug Development: From the Bench to the Clinic and Career Opportunities for PhDs."
Pranhitha Reddy, Ph.D. Scientific Director, Protein and Process Development, Amgen Inc.

Speaking truth to power: Careers in Science Policy"
Melanie Roberts, Ph.D. AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow, United States Senate (2006-07) and National Science Foundation (2007-08)

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"There and Back Again: One Doctor's Journey from Consulting to Academia"
Antoniu L. Fantana, Ph.D.
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University

"Starting a Biotech: How Great Ideas and Venture Funding Sometimes Work"
Pat Gray, Ph.D.
Executive Director of Science, Accelerator Corporation

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"Science Education Outreach: Bridging the Research and Education Communities"
Maureen Munn, Ph.D.
Scientific Outreach Coordinator, UW Department of Genome Sciences

"Careers in Science: The Long and Winding Road"
Elisa Eiseman, Ph.D.
Senior Natural Scientist, RAND Corporation

"In and Out of the Biotech Industry"
Reitha Weeks, Ph.D.
Resident Scientist, Northwest Association for Biomedical Research

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"Using Molecular Biology within a Natural Resources Agency"
Linda Rhodes, Ph.D.
National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA

"Taking a scientific approach to the classroom: Transferring lab skills to educational consulting"
Jennie Dorman, Ph.D., Senior Consultant
UW Center for Instructional Development and Research

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"Life After Thesis: The Advantages of Teaching at an Independent High School"
Caryn Abrey Ph.D., Stephen Fisher Ph.D., Thomas Artiss Ph.D. & James Kellog Ph.D.
Science Faculty, The Lakeside School, Seattle, WA

"From fruit flies to floras: my journey from J-wing to Nature's Treasure House"
Karen E. James, Ph.D.
Dept. of Botany, The Natural History Museum, London, U.K.

" Sustainable Sciences Institute: A Global Science Collaborative "
Christine Rousseau, Ph.D.
Sustainable Sciences Institute, San Francisco, CA

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"Highlights of Criminalistics and Crime Scene Investigation at the Washington State Patrol Crime Laboratory"
JoAnne Marzowski, Ph.D., Forensic Scientist
WSP Crime Laboratory

"Stem Cells, Hollywood and My Career in Public Affairs"
Shane Smith , Ph.D., Science Policy and Communications Consultant
Shane Smith Consulting, San Francisco, CA

"The ABCs of Biotech Careers: Academic Alternatives, Biotechnology Options and Corporate Science"
Linda Zuckerman, Ph.D., Associate Director, Bioanalytical R & D (BARD) and Mechanistic Pharmacology
Zymogenetics, Inc., Seattle, WA

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"Suds is Serious Science "
Charlie Bamforth, Ph.D., DSc., Anheuser-Busch Endowed Professor of Brewing Science, Department of Food Science and Technology, U.C. Davis

"Managing Federal Science: A Guide for the Perplexed "
David Klurfield, Ph.D., National Program Leader, Human Nutrition, USDA Agriculture Research Service

"Life Sciences Research: The New Frontier for High-Tech Companies "
Bree Mitchell, Ph.D. Research Scientist, Biomedical Life Sciences Division, Intel, Corp.

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"Technology Transfer: Disseminating Discovery Science to Improve Medicine "
Michael Manion, Ph.D., Office of Industry Relations and Technology Transfer, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

"Science Photography "
Darlyne Ann Murawski, Ph.D.
Science Photographer/Artist

"Living by the Pen, not the Pipette"
Rajendrani Mukhopadhyay, Ph.D., Associate Editor, Analytical Chemistry and Journal of Proteome Research, American Chemical Society

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"Opportunities in the Medical Device Industry and How to Reach Them"
Asha S. Nayak, M.D., Ph.D., Senior Principal Medical and Scientific Advisor Medtronic Vascular, Santa Rosa, CA

"Alternative Careers for Bioscience Ph.D.s "
Michael King, Ph.D., Associate Director, Clinical Pharmacology and Experimental Medicine, Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical R & D, LLC, Raritan, NJ

"From Science To Law: Opportunities and Pitfalls "
Douglas Bradley, Ph.D., J.D.; Senior Attorney
Rosetta Inpharmatics LLC, Seattle, WA

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"The Realities of Forensic Chemistry and DNA Analysis"
Gary Shutler, Ph.D. & David Northrop, Ph.D.
Washington State Patrol Crime Laboratory Division

"Networking Your Way into Non-Traditional Careers"
Wendy Law, Ph.D.
Scientific Liason, National Cancer Institute and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

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"Translating Lab Experience into the Business World"
Beth Etscheid, Ph.D.
Director of Licensing, Washington Research Foundation

"When Worlds Collide: Science Journalism"
Ricki Lewis, Ph.D.
Science Writer

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[ Wednesday, October 20th, 2004 ]
Careers in Undergraduate Education
Jennifer Loertscher, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Seattle University

[ Wednesday, November 10th, 2004 ]
Business Development in the Biotech Industry
Davin Dillon , Ph.D.
Director, Program Management; Corixa Corporation

[ Wednesday, December 15th, 2004 ]
From Government Postdoc to Medical Science
Liaison Melissa Rhodes, Ph.D.
Erimos Pharmaceutical

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