MISSION

healthy people, healthy planet

ACADEMIC & BASIC RESEARCH

My work has been focused at the intersection of biotechnology and health. My basic research and academic training is in biology, biomedical research, and public health epidemiology.

My path in basic research began in immunology and virology in the Neil Cooper Lab at The Scripps Research Institute, Department of Immunology, during undergraduate study in biology at the University California San Diego. I returned to independent research at the Marine Biology Research Division of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD after my time at Gen-Probe working on HIV blood screening. Some years later after my experiences in Malawi, I decided to move to Washington DC to focus on biosecurity and begin my graduate education in public health epidemiology in the Department of Global and Community Health at George Mason University.

All of these experiences across my academic, laboratory, and field work were a critical foundation for all of my contributions to new technology development and public health initiatives spanning health, food, energy and environment sectors.

It is with a great interest that I continue my research in the following fields of study:

Molecular epidemiology, immunology
Infectious disease, medical microbiology, virology, neglected tropical diseases
Cancer, chronic and inflammatory diseases

Environmental microbiology, oceanography, marine microbiology, and natural products chemistries

Tags: ACADEMIC RESEARCH, BASIC RESEARCH, EPIDEMIOLOGY, BIOLOGY, MICROBIOLOGY, VIROLOGY, GENETICS

MISSION: HEALTHY PEOPLE, HEALTHY PLANET THE PUBLIC GOOD
The public good is often measured by the impact of our investments in making people healthier, protecting our environment, and ensuring the safety and security of our communities.

MISSION
I am currently focused on advising technology startups and establishing new ventures that contribute to the public good, healthier people, and a healthier planet.

TECHNOLOGY INNOVATIONS
My life has been filled with learning from exceptional groups working at the intersection of biotechnology and health. For over 25 years I have been driven through my research and industry work to build and advance solutions for complex problems impacting health globally. Biotechnology innovation and new product development underpin some of the most impactful public health interventions in recent generations. My world view has been shaped by developing, deploying and evaluating technologies applicable to individual healthcare, global public health, and environmental health.

GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH
I’m dedicated to realizing a shared vision and planetary view that the biosecurity, health and well-being of humans, animals and ecosystems - is interconnected. 'One Health' is a term that describes this interconnectedness. 'Planetary Health' does the same, if not more so.

VISION
We can realize better lives now and for generations to come with technologies developed to intentionally address the public good and promote healthier people and a healthier planet.

Learn more below about my current activities and the experiences that catalyzed my personal mission and informed my world view.

NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
PUBLIC HEALTH
GLOBAL HEALTH
M&A
TECHNOLOGY ANALYSIS
CORPORATE STRATEGY
BIOTECHNOLOGY
NATIONAL SECURITY
BIOSECURITY
ENVIRONMENT
BASIC RESEARCH
ACADEMIC RESEARCH
COMMUNITY HEALTH