Julie Wilson

Providing Solutions for Nonclinical Operations Management

Preclinical Project Manager Manage and facilitate preclinical studies for bioabsorbable cardiac stent medical device. Collaborate with external scientific partners to provide ongoing lab service/solution vendor management. • Sponsor representative of several studies involving cardiac stents, with emphasis on PK and degradation studies. • Microscopic dissection skills to retrieve devices from explanted tissues. • Facilitation of study quotes, protocol generation and CRO based study data and reports. • Excellent technical writing skills, completion of final research study reports for CE mark submission documents.

Earned promotion into senior research associate role developing and maintaining rat models serving investigation into CNS and metabolic diseases; held responsibility for rat models in obesity and behavior including Morris Water Maze model, Feeding Patterns Model, Diet Induced Obesity Model, and Pre-Pulse Inhibition Model. Performed therapeutic administration, surgical procedures, and statistical tracking. Managed lab data and notebook. Collaborated with external scientific partners and provide ongoing lab service / solution vendor management. • Served as the key scientist responsible for all animal model management within a matrix-style environment for 2 therapies, collaborating on development of davalintide—an amylin mimetic peptide—with anorectic properties, and an IND enabled compound—with anti-diabetic properties. • Validated the Morris Swim Maze, Feeding Patterns Model and Locomotor Models in rats to screen compounds for properties on multiple projects. • Performed rodent handing and surgical procedures on rats, including subcutaneous pump implants and ovarectomies. Collected blood, monitored food intake, tracked weight, and performed statistical data analysis and graphing in Prism and Systat. • Routinely presented research findings internally and at national scientific conferences; superior writing skills, including four first-author abstracts for national meetings. • Served as team leader for new IT initiatives involving the in vivo pharmacology department and a team leader for research associate forum. • Spearheaded beta testing and implementation of BioDAQ food monitoring system; utilized Ethovision and SDI-Lab software tools. • Provided supervision and coaching to interns for two summers. • Managed effort to develop a searchable database repository for departmental findings. • Earned a certificate of recognition for consistently above-average contributions and providing QC support for manuscript publication.

Bred and managed multiple concurrent transgenic mouse lines for diverse labs and research efforts, performing all aspects of mouse handling, breeding, and transgenic line administration. • Maintained transgenic lines and performed tail clipping, ear tagging / notching, and therapy administration; leveraged PCR for genotyping and maintained all line data

Gained clinical and customer-facing experience with veterinary hospital, performing a wide array of laboratory, administrative, and support duties; completed extensive training in veterinary nursing. Consulted with customers on best-practice preventative healthcare for pets. Supported evaluation and communication of laboratory testing and physical examinations.

Developed and studied systemic murine candidiasis model to examine peptides antifungal properties. Collected and presented data and statistical analysis on a weekly basis. • Administered IV, IP, PO, and Sub Q therapies to mice, as well as performed in vitro assays and HPLC analysis. • Contributed to poster presentations for the 38th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICCAC).