Hilda Wiryawan Curriculum Vitae Page *
Objective:
Obtain a Clinical Safety Scientist/Pharmacovigilance position at a pharmaceutical company where I
can utilize my clinical and research skills in combination with my educational background in
medicine, public health, and biomedical sciences to improve human health.
Summary of Qualifications
• Biomedical Science PhD candidate with more than five years of experience in clinical and translational
research
• Extensive experience in patient care clinical experience and translational research in drug discovery and
development, compounds mechanism of action characterization, literature review, and scientific writing
• Extensive knowledge of premarketing and postmarketing drug safety and pharmacovigilance; risk
management and safety communication strategies; US and EU pharmacovigilance regulatory
requirements
• Experience in coordinating clinical research project and organizing and presenting medical and scientific
data
Education:
University of California, Riverside, CA
PhD - Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Sciences (expected Jun 2014)
Dissertation title: “Characterization of a Small Molecule Compound Inhibitor of SUMOylation
Pathway as a New Approach to Cancer Treatment”
University of California, Los Angeles, CA
MPH - Master of Public Health in Healthcare Policy and Management, Jun 2009
Global Health Certificate
University of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
B.S., Medical Sciences, Aug 2000
MD - Aug 2002
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
• Good Clinical Practice • Suspected Unexpected Serious • EU Risk Management Plan,
Adverse Reactions (SUSAR) REMS
• Good Pharmacovigilance
• Individual Case Safety Report • Drug label, SmPC
Practice
• Drug safety in Clinical Trials • Safety data analysis methods • Literature review, Safety
databases
• FDA (US) &EMA (EU) • DSUR PSUR PBRER PADER
• Polypharmacy & medication
regulations
• Signal detection and evaluation
errors
• ICH Guidelines
• MedDRA and drug names
• Pharmacoepidemiology
• Serious Adverse Events Reports coding
Certification:
Clinical Safety and Pharmacovigilance Certificate from the DIA (Drug Information Association), June
2014
Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduate Certificate, Oct 2008 (USMLE Steps I, II, III
passed)
Relevant Courses
• Pragmatic Approaches to Drug Safety Across the Premarketing and Postmarketing Continuum
• Risk Management and Safety Communication Strategies
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• Pharmacology, pharmacy, physiology, pathology anatomy, clinical pathology, microbiology,
internal medicine, pediatrics, surgery, dermatology, neurology, ophthalmology, forensic medicine,
epidemiology, and biostatistics
Clinical Experience:
Primary Care Physician
Senen Community Clinic, Jakarta, Indonesia, July 2002 – Feb 2005
• Applied medical concepts and good clinical judgment to provide patient care including diagnosis
and treatment of acute and chronic illnesses, disease prevention, and patient education
• Provided infectious disease and adverse effects following immunization surveillance data per SOP
• Performed physical examinations and ordered appropriate diagnostic tests to establish diagnoses
• Explained benefits and risks of prescribed drug treatments to patients
• Supervised medical physician staff, lab tech/phlebotomist/EKG tech, clinic nurse, and dietitian.
• Developed and conducted clinical staff development activities and in-service training activities.
• Collaborated with other health professionals and utilized consultation or referral as appropriate
Clinical Research Experience:
Clinical Research Assistant
Children Hospital Los Angeles & Los Angeles County Dept of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA Jan-Jun
2009
• Applied of statistical and epidemiological methods to process research data, maintained study
database
• Ensured case report forms are reviewed and submitted in a timely manner
• Monitored all site related activities and files to ensure completion per Standard Operating
Procedure (SOP)
• Wrote protocols and informed consents, assisted with preparation of Institutional Review Board
(IRB) regulatory documents, interacted with physicians to discuss protocols and data collection
processes
• Coordinated a prospective cohort study to evaluate rates of virologically confirmed influenza in
children attending schools with and without school-based vaccination programs
• Performed rapid diagnostic tests to confirm influenza illness, collected and analyzed data from the
test
Clinical Research Assistant
UCLA Center of Community Health, Los Angeles, CA, Nov 2008-Jun 2009
• Coordinated studies on social network analysis to examine the acceptability of a youth-led, hybrid
face-to-face and online social networking HIV prevention program for homeless youth
• Screened, identified, and assessed potential study participants to determine their eligibility for the
study
• Developed survey instruments to collect information through interviews and questionnaires
• Recorded study data in research database, tracked missing information, and monitored study
progress
• Evaluated the adequacy of existing programs and feasibility of planned program
Basic Research Experience:
Graduate Research Assistant
University of California, Riverside, CA, Jun 2010 – Present
• Applied statistical methods to analyze complex data, developed and maintained research databases
• Prepared research manuscripts and presentations to convey scientific data in an understandable
way
• Presented scientific research results in laboratory and department meetings and scientific
conferences
• Designed and performed experiments using various molecular biology techniques
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• Managed and trained laboratory personnel in experimentation techniques, laboratory safety, and
GLP
• Characterized a small molecule compound inhibitor of SUMOylation pathway, including
mechanism of action assays with the purpose of guiding clinical studies by providing appropriate
enzymatic strategies
• Developed innovative application of Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET) to measure
enzyme kinetics in SUMOylation pathway and to determine inhibition constant of the small molecule
inhibitor
• Performed cell-based experiments to explore the biology of cancer targets, including high
throughput screening, signal transduction pathways, mechanisms of action, and drug
sensitivity/resistance
• Experienced in protein expression in bacterial, yeast, and mammalian cell culture (CHO, HEK)
systems
Teaching experience
Introductory Organismal Biology Laboratory Teaching Assistant
University of California Riverside, CA, Spring Quarter 2013
• Taught biology laboratory course for twenty four first year college students on topics such as
energetics, prokaryotes, protists, protostomes, body plans and development, animal handling and
dissection
• Demonstrated use of laboratory equipment and enforced laboratory rules
• Informed students of the procedures for completing and submitting class work such as lab reports
• Scheduled and maintained regular office hours to meet with students
Biotechnology and Molecular Bioengineering Teaching Assistant
Biotechnology Laboratory Teaching Assistant
University of California Riverside, CA, Fall and Winter Quarters 2013 - 2014
• Taught 80 3rd and 4th year Bioengineering students about biotechnology and molecular
bioengineering
• Developed discussion materials and quizzes on topics such as molecular cloning, antibody and
other protein production, enzymes, cell growth kinetics, fermentation; to supplement faculty lectures
• Developed, updated and maintained learning management system websites
• Evaluated and graded quizzes, midterm and final examinations
Volunteer Experience:
Dispensary volunteer
UMMA Community Clinic, Los Angeles, CA, May – Oct 2008
• Reduced medication errors through quality control measures by implementing clarity of label
instructions
• Modified the dispensary to improve workflow process to meet the need of a more efficient system
• Promoted health literacy in the clinic by educating vulnerable populations including elderly and
minority
Leadership Experience:
Fellows
Albert Schweitzer Fellowship, Los Angeles, Jun 2008 – Jun 2009
• Addressed a wide variety of unmet health needs by creating and carrying out yearlong projects
with direct service at UMMA Community Clinic
• Collaborated with team of fellows in planning and organizing Schweitzer Global Health
Symposium at UCLA
• Volunteered in several health fair events targeting the underserved communities in Los Angeles
County
Publications
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Peer Reviewed Journal Articles
• Wiryawan, H, Liao, J. Determination of SUMO-1, -2, -3, and ATP Affinity for the SUMO E1
Using Quantitative FRET Technology (submitted)
• Chen G, Severo MS, Sakhon OS, Choy A, Herron M J, Felsheim RF, Wiryawan H, Liao J, Johns
JL, Munderloh UG, Sutterwala FS, Kotsyfakis M, Pedra JH. Anaplasma phagocytophilum
Dihydrolipoamide Dehydrogenase 1 Affects Host-Derived Immunopathology during Microbial
Colonization. Infection and Immunity. 2012 Jul; 80(9): 3194-205. Cited in PubMed; PMID:
22753375.
• Kaur Malik-Chaudhry H, Wiryawan H, Shen Y, Liao J. Target SUMOylation and other UBL
pathways for drug discovery. Current Topics in Biotechnology. 2012. 7: 21-29
• Pannaraj P, Wang H, Rivas H, Wiryawan H, Smit M, Green N, Aldrovandi G, Nelson El Amin A,
Mascola L. School-located Influenza Vaccinations Decrease Laboratory-confirmed Influenza and
Improve School Attendance. Clinical Infectious Diseases (accepted)
Abstract Presentations:
• Liao J, Song Y, Liu Y, Kaur H, Saavedra A, Wiryawan H. Development of FRET Technologies
for Quantitative Systems Biology Research of SUMOylation Pathway. BMES Annual Meeting, 2013
Professional Membership
• Drug Information Association (DIA)
• The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship
Grants and Awards:
• Medical Student of the Year, University of Indonesia, Jakarta Indonesia, 1999
• Mary Galvin Burden Endowed Fellowship 2009