Principal Investigator

Background:

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine,
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine,
University of California, Los Angeles, 2001-2003

Postgraduate Researcher, Department of Medicine,
University of California, Los Angeles, 1998-2001
Laboratory of Tomas Ganz, Ph.D., M.D.

The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey,
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Newark, NJ
Ph.D., Biomedical Sciences/Cell Biology, 1998

The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
B.S. with Honors, Biology, 1993

Professional Activities:

Grant Peer Review: 

2001                            NIH Review Panel, RFA HD-00-018: “Microbicide Preclinical Development Program” 

2001                            Reviewer, NSF grant application 

2002                            Member, NIH-NHLBI Special Emphasis Review Panel, “Innovative Research Grant Program” – (2 review panel meetings in 2002) 

2002                            NIH Review Panel, ZRG-AARR1:  unsolicited P01  

2003                            Reviewer, Swiss National Science Foundation 

2003                            NIH Review Panel, RFA ID-02-026 “Cooperative Research for the Development of Vaccines, Adjuvants, Therapeutics, Immunotherapeutics, and Diagnostics for Biodefense (VATID).”   

2003                            NIH Review Panels, RFA AI-02-031 “Regional Centers of Excellence in Biodefense and Emerging Diseases.” – three subcommittees  

2003                            NIH Review Panel, ZRG1-AARR (52):  unsolicited P01  

2003                            NIH Review Panel, ZRG-AARR-A (51): “Integrated Preclinical/Clinical Program for Topical Microbicides” 

2004                            Reviewer, Ireland Health Research Board (HRB), Research Funding and Policy Division, Research Project Grants 

2004                            Reviewer, Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse (PLSG) proposals 

2004                            NIH Review Panel, RFA AI-03-045 (NIAID enhancement awards) 

2004                            Reviewer, The Wellcome Trust 

2005                            Reviewer, Scottish Hospital Endowments Research Trust (SHERT) Research Project Grants 

2005                            NIH Review Panel, temporary member, HIBP study section (Host Interactions and Bacterial Pathogenesis) 

2005                            Reviewer, Italian Cystic Fibrosis Research Foundation 

Editorial: 

2003-2005                  Guest Editor, Combinatorial Chemistry and High Throughput Screening.  Vol. 8, No. 3, pp. 207-281.  Commissioned and edited review articles for a special issue called “Antimicrobial peptides”. Editorial also written by A.M. Cole.  

2005-present               Editorial Board Member, Protein and Peptide Letters