ASBMB Virtual Career Expo
The ASBMB Career Expo aims to highlight the diversity of career choices available to modern biomedical researchers. No matter your career stage, this virtual event will provide a plethora of career options for you to explore while simultaneously connecting you with knowledgeable professionals in these careers.
Each 60-minute session will focus on a different career path and will feature breakout rooms with a range of professionals in those paths. Attendees can choose to meet in a small group with a single professional for the entire session or move freely between breakout rooms to sample advice from multiple professionals.
Sessions will feature the following five sectors: industry, government, science communication, science policy, and other.
Speakers
Government careers (11 a.m. – 12 p.m. Eastern)
Brandon Anjuwon–Foster
Regulatory Review Scientist, United States Food and Drug Administration
Edgardo Falcón–Morales
Program Director, National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Kellyann Jones–Jamtgaard
Biological Sciences Specialist, USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Mufeng Li
Scientific Review Officer, NIH Center for Scientific Review Division of Basic and Integrative Biological Sciences
Alexandra (Alex) O'Sick
Staff Scientist, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Science policy careers (12:15–1:15 p.m. Eastern)
Ryan Bixenmann
Senior Science Officer, California Council on Science and Technology
Yasmeen Hussain
Program Officer, Washington State Academy of Sciences
Chris Pickett
Senior Science Policy Analyst, Lexical Intelligence
Jacqueline Robinson–Hamm
Senior Science Policy Analyst, Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
Victoria Schneider
Global Health R&D Program Manager, Research!America
Tomoko Steen
Director of Biomedical Science Policy and Advocacy, Georgetown University
Melody Tan
Legislative Assistant, Office of Rep. Donald McEachin
Science communication careers (1:30–2:30 p.m. Eastern)
Brian Davis
Communications Manager, National Cancer Institute Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities
Arti Dumbrepatil
Freelance Science Writer
Sarah Ellinwood
Managing Editor, BioBuzz
Joanna Kotloski
Director of Marketing and Communications, American Association for Anatomy
Chris Peña
Associate Director of Content Strategy, Purohit Navigation Inc.
Flavian Stokker
Scientific Managing Editor, Elsevier
Albert Yen
Associate Medical Writer, Merck
Other careers (2:45–3:45 p.m. Eastern)
Erika Dahl
Lead Consultant, Halloran Consulting Group Inc.
Andrew Hebbeler
Principal Assistant Director for Health and Life Science, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
Mike Hinton
Market Intelligence Manager, Polsky Center at the University of Chicago
Tom Kiselak
Patent Agent, Clark+Elbing LLP
Purnima Padmanabhan
Research Scientist, Meta/Facebook
Evelin Young
Lead, Office of Postdoctoral Affairs, Baylor College of Medicine
Industry careers (4–5 p.m. Eastern)
Tamica Collins
Regional Medical Scientist, Ascendis Pharma
Ian Harwood
Senior Global Product Manager, Bio-Rad Laboratories
Dawn Hayward
Regulatory Affairs Manager, Technical Resources International Inc.
Ben Leadem
Clinical Scientist, GeneDx
Crystal Mendoza
Scientist, Apriori Bio
Melissa Ruggiero
Study Director, Attentive Science
Kimberly Toops
Regional Sales Manager, ZEISS Microscopy
