Quality Control Management

Moira A. Lawson, PhD, MSc

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Wallingford, CT 06492

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Summary

Broad based experience in the following areas

. Project Management

. Clinical trials

. Quality Systems

. cGMP and GLP

. Scientific Writing and editing

. Grant Writing and Acquisition

. Staff Management

. Customer relations

. Training

. Teambuilding

Profile

Experienced biomedical scientist with extensive experience in scientific

writing both in the US and overseas.

Experience

Protein Sciences Corporation Meriden CT

2009-2010

Director of Program Management

. Responsible for the management of all company external projects with a

budget totaling over $8 million.

. Managed a staff of 15 scientists and technicians

. Coordinated resources between the product development group, the

regulatory group and the Quality control group.

. Oversaw clinical Phase I trials of customer products

. Planned and facilitated quality audits by outside contractors.

. Presented regular project status updates to the FDA and customers.

CUNO Inc - a 3M Company Meriden, CT

2008-2009

Scientific application support scientist

. Assisted in convincing a $200,000 existing customer to remain with the

company by identifying the root of customer problems and performing

the necessary experiments to prove the worth of our products.

. Significantly increased orders from 2 major food and beverage

companies by performing plant inspections to identify new areas to use

our products while improving their production.

. Improved the efficiency of field technical staff by developing novel

testing procedures use at customer sites to prove the efficiency of

our products.

. Authored technical application briefs for new product lines to improve

the productivity of the sales team.

Self Employed - Private consultant - Grant writing and manuscript

publication 2007-2008

. Increased the probability of success of funding for non-native English

speaking scientists by editing and reformatting grant applications to

NIH, EU and private sources.

. Increased the possibility of acceptance of manuscripts written by non-

native English speaking scientists by editing and reformatting their

work to fit the requirements of international peer reviewed journals.

. Reviewed manuscripts submitted to international journals.

. Reviewed grant applications for the Bard Israeli-American research

council.

Copenhagen University, Faculty of Life Sciences (Formerly KVL),

Frederiksberg C, Denmark 1996 - 2007

Associate Professor

. Obtained more than $1 Million dollars in grant funding for scientific

research, educational initiatives and student international exchange

programs from both government and private granting agencies.

. Authored more than 50 peer reviewed publications in international

scientific journals.

. Ran a research group of postdoctoral scientists, graduate and

undergraduate students and technicians

. Was acting head of department from 2002-2005

Director of the LMC Center for Advanced Food Imaging

. Earned an EU center of excellence recognition for by initiating,

finding funding for, marketing and overseeing a fee for service bio-

imaging facility within the university.

. Directed the staff of the center and organized lectures on bio-

imaging.

. Organized bio-imaging conferences attended by scientists from Northern

European nations.

International Coordinator of Institute of Food Science and Nutrition

. Increased the number of foreign students studying in Copenhagen by

visiting Universities in 12 countries and speaking to students about

available student exchange programs.

. Increased Master of Science student enrollment by 300% by designing a

new international curriculum and marketing the curriculum using mass

mailings and presentations at international conferences.

Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY

1993-1996

Postdoctoral Fellow

. Performed research on neutrophil motility and phagocytosis

. Was responsible for running and general maintenance of epifluorescence

and confocal microscopes

. Supervised graduate students and technicians

. Delivered oral presentations at local and national conferences

Education

. PhD., M.Sc. Cell biology/Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of

Medicine, Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology, Bronx, NY.

. B.Sc. Chemistry/Math, Pace University, Dyson College of Arts and

Sciences, Pleasantville, NY.

Professional development

. Annual American Society for Cell Biology conferences

. Annual International Conference for Meat Science and Technology

. Leadership training course at Copenhagen University

Honors and activities

. Invited speaker at more than 15 international research conferences

. Regularly interviewed by journalists from Danish newspapers and radio

on issues dealing with human nutrition.

. Membership in the American Society for Cell Biology, Foundation for

Advancement in Medicine and Science, and the International Society

For Vertebrate Morphology

. Member of the grant review board for the Norwegian research council,

the Swedish research council and the Bard Israeli-American research

council

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