Haley L. Peters, Ph. D.

Email: acx7mi@r.postjobfree.com Cell: (832) 906 – 9072

Summary:

Highly motivated, organized, detail-oriented and insightful scientist with experience in articulating complex concepts to experts and clients, teamwork, and leadership; seeking to translate 10+ y of Research Experience (project management, creative problem solving, data-driven insights, collaborative relationships and more) into a Consulting Career.

Qualifications:

Goal-oriented: highly experienced in creative problem solving and object-based research

Program Management: organized execution of numerous complex projects, simultaneously

Collaborative: a strong independent investigator who works well independently and in and leading group settings, experience in establishing and maintaining harmonious team dynamics with passionate individuals

Excellent Communication Skills: written (co-author on >10 peer-reviewed articles) and oral (presentations at scientific & lay conferences), effectively liaise between organizations and oversight

Analytical Skills: versed in defining objectives and hypotheses; data collection and interpretation; and delivering results utilizing existing resources as well as developing novel, elegant, and logic-driven approaches

Technology savvy: highly proficient in Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel and Word; graphing and statistical software (Prism, SPSS, R) and accessing, analyzing and drawing conclusions from databases resources.

Experience in field adjacent to health care, including access patient records.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Biomedical Research Consultant, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 2016 – present

Initiating studies by designing hypothesis-driven Projects with short- and long-term objects; composing competitive Grants to obtain funding; translating complex, expertise-specific language for public understanding.

Coordinating with team as needed from off-site with meticulous documentation of Research Methods and Time Management with transparency

Identify needs and interrogate online databases to fill gaps of knowledge

Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Stem Cell Transplantation & Cellular Therapy, Section of Transplantation Immunology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (MDACC), Dr. Jeffrey Molldrem, Apr 2013 – July 2016. Cancer Immunopeptidome Components as Candidates for Immunotherapy.

Project Management: Initiated novel approach to analyze cancer targets based on experimental and computational data. Discovered immunogenic antigens on Lung Cancer cells induced by tumor microenvironment components, evaluated mutant immunopeptidome, and regulation of antigen presentation.

Elevator Speech Finalist, Trainee Research Day, May 2016. Recognizing composition and delivery of concise and understandable (by professional and lay person) 90 second speech of research including relevance and methodology

Demonstrated Lung Cancer cell susceptibility to leukemia-associated antigen, PR1-based immunotherapy

Advised colleagues – coauthored 2 publications, with additional under review or in preparation.

Designed workflows to identify peptides overexpressed on Acute Myeloid Leukemia patients derived from genes with direct impact on patient overall survival.

Expertise in utilizing online databases such as The Cancer Genome Atlas and the Cancer Cell Line Encyclopedia to guide project design and determine clinical significance of basic research findings. Consulted for project design, established interpretation methodologies, performed analysis and disseminated findings for several tumor types including Breast Cancer, Multiple Myeloma, Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, and Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia.

Recipient of competitive funding award: Postdoctoral Fellowship in Cancer Immunobiology, May 2013 – Oct 2015 Provides funding for postdoctoral scholar stipend and research, selected by Center for Cancer Immunology Research at MDACC and awarded through the National Institutes of Health

Postdoctoral Association Executive Committee, Co-Chair 2014-16, Policy Subcommittee Chair 2013-14, MDACC,

Lead association representing over 600 postdoctoral fellows from around the world.

Implemented annual goals, developed agendas, orchestrated multiple collaborative projects across disciplines, provided direction and delegated to 9 subcommittees and publicized benefits & training opportunities.

Lead annual strategic planning

Initiated and designed committee restructure to improve efficiency by grouping 9 subcommittees into 3 teams

Recruited and retained postdoctoral scholars as members. Independently conducted and interpreted surveys to team members; initiated, assisted in development and interpretation of surveys to gauge interest and identify needs of 600+ fellows.

Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Experimental Therapeutics, MDACC, under Dr. Robert C. Bast, Jr., Sept 2012 – Apr 2013. Neutralizing Antibody Therapy to Eliminate Ovarian Cancer Cells Modeling Tumor Dormancy.

Determined contribution of growth factors necessary to sustain Ovarian Cancer cells modeling tumor dormancy

Demonstrated synergistic effect of neutralizing antibodies to kill ovarian cancer cells modeling tumor dormancy.

Initiated in vitro studies to determine therapeutic efficacy.

Lay poster presentation Haley L. Peters & Robert C. Bast, Jr. “Eliminating Dormant, Ovarian Cancer Tumors Using Antibodies” to the Mossy Foundation Dec 2012

Graduate Research Assistant, Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, the University of Nebraska Medical Center, 2007-2012.

Second place recipient for the Shawn Jessen Memorial Cancer Research Award, UNMC, July 2011 Honoring outstanding Cancer Research Graduate Students

Successful leader of diverse individuals: Student Leader/Host: UNMC Short Course in Cancer Biology: The Cancer Stem Cell Hypothesis, May 2012; Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer Student-invited Speaker, Nov 2011; First Annual UNMC-Tongji Univ. Graduate Student Biomedical Research Forum, Shanghai, China, Oct 2011; International Student Research Forum, Tokyo, Japan, Oct 2011.

Conveyed complex, expertise-specific language to the public: Testified to the NE State Appropriations Committee in support of NE Research and obtained $50 million for the Cancer Center Project at Univ. of NE Medical Center (UNMC), in conjunction with the Eppley Cancer Center (LB 1089), Feb 2012. Rationale for Stem Cell Research to the University of NE Board of Regents as a proponent of stem cell research to successfully block imposed regulation in conjunction with the NE Coalition for Lifesaving Cures, Oct 2009; lay poster presentation Haley L. Peters, et at., “Fighting pancreatic cancer at the molecular level” Cattlemen’s Ball of Nebraska, June 2011

Recipient of competitive funding awards: Assistantship/fellowship & Regents Tuition Fellowship Recipient, UNMC, Aug 2011- May 2012 Provides funding for graduate research fellow stipend. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics Fellowship Program Recipient, 2008 – 2010 Provides funding for graduate research fellow stipend and research, selected by Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases at UNMC and awarded through the US Department of Education for the Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN) Fellowship Program

Nebraska’s Institutional Development Awards Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (NE-INBRE) Scholarship Recipient, May 2005 – May 2007 State-wide program supporting undergraduate-level, biomedical research for elite Nebraska scholars at one of three Ph.D.-granting institutions from nine undergraduate institutions

Select Publications

Haley L. Peters, Satyendra C. Traipathi, Hiroyuki Katayama, et al., “Serine Proteases Enhance Immunogenic Antigen Presentation on Lung Cancer Cells” Accepted to Cancer Immunol. Research with revision

Gheath Alatarash, Alexander A. Perakis, Haley L. Peters, et al., “Multiple Myeloma Cross-Presents Neutrophil Elastase and Proteinase 3 and Becomes Susceptible to PR1-targeting Immunotherapy.” Submitted to the Journal of Immunology

Satyendra C. Tripathi, Haley L. Peters, et al., “Immunoproteasome deficiency is a feature of non-small cell lung cancer with a mesenchymal phenotype and is associated with a poor outcome.” PNAS, Feb 29, 2016

Haley L. Peters, Ying Yan, Joyce C. Solheim. “APLP2 regulates the expression of MHC class I molecules on irradiated Ewing’s sarcoma cells.” OncoImmunology. 2013 Oct 1;2(10):e26293

Haley L. Peters, Ying Yan, Tara M. Nordgren, et al., “Amyloid precursor-like protein 2 reduces Ewing sarcoma cell radiosensitivity and is elevated in immune-evasive Ewing sarcoma cells.” Cancer Biol Ther. 2013 Aug;14(8):752-60

Haley L. Peters, Amit Tuli, Xiaojian Wang, et al., “Relevance of Amyloid Precursor-like Protein 2 C-terminal Fragments in Pancreatic Cancer Cells.” Int J Oncol. 2012 Jul 13.

Education:

Doctor of Philosophy in Cancer Research, The University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC), Omaha, Nebraska 2012 Characteristics of Amyloid Precursor-Like Protein 2 (APLP2) in Pancreatic Cancer and Ewing’s Sarcoma

Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, minor in Biology, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, Nebraska, 2007

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