Leslie V Barrett RN M.Ed.

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SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

•3 years consultant for a late stage drug development biotech company in the neurodegenerative field

•8 years Research Associate Scientist Transplant Surgical Laboratory at Harvard Medical School

•Extensive experience in designing and implementing pre-clinical trial research protocol using surgical techniques

•Broad experience in compound profiling using clinically relevant animal models

•16 years research nurse organ transplantation experience in surgical laboratories included areas of cardio-vascular, renal, liver and pulmonary surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital

•Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, Development Board

•Excellent oral and written communication skills

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Harvard Medical School - Boston, MA

Research Associate Scientist

•Taught micro-surgical techniques, in monkeys and mice to research fellows, residents and medical students

•Acquired international recognition in Organ Transplantation using mouse transplant models to expand research and understanding of alloantigen binding

•Responsible for collaborating on research protocol design, implementation, data analysis, and presented papers at major scientific meetings

•More than 20 publications in scientific journals (bibliography upon request)

•Developed clinically relevant models for organ transplant and immunology research

•Coordinated scientific collaborations with investigators from NIH, Boston University, and Harvard hospitals on clinically applicable strategies for transplantation models.

•Conducted training courses in microsurgery and immunology research at major medical institutions in China

Barrett & Associates, LLC - San Francisco, CA

Consultant

•Consultant for late stage drug development company in the neurodegenerative sector for Pre-IND funding. Identified and introduced key business personnel

•Established business office in Beijing to provide advice and technical consultation for US companies on business development plan to market pharmaceuticals and medical devices in China

•Led health and wellness joint venture at a major Chinese Medical University in conjunction with The Sara Stedman Nutritional Center at Duke University for prevention of chronic illnesses through nutritional education

•Provided strategic analysis for clients in biotechnology and medical devise sectors for the Chinese market

•Interpreted scientific breakthroughs for institutional and retail brokers at Moors & Cabot

Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

Surgical Transplantation Department, Research Nurse

•Orchestrated operating room team to procure full-core myocardial biopsies from patients, pre, intra and post cardio-pulmonary bypass surgery to obtain fluid exchange data across the myocardium in the human to correlate with animal experiments

•Participated and performed heart and lung lymph cannulation to measure interstitial fluid exchange across the myocardium and lung in sheep

•Performed heterotopic heart transplants in monkeys, dogs, rats and mice for clinically applicable experiments

•Responsible for organizing all chronic experiments in animal laboratories

•Served as member of the team responsible for performing Heterotopic Heart Transplants in mice to expand scientific understanding of cytomegalovirus transmission in immune-suppressed mice

•Served as member of the research team responsible for preforming experimental kidney transplant surgery on monkeys, to establish safety and efficacy of OKT-3 monoclonal antibodies for FDA approval

PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION

Harvard Medical School Micro Surgery/ Immunology

Cambridge College M.Ed.

McLean Hospital School of Nursing RN

NON-PROFIT BOARD AND MEMBERSHIPS

Osher Center for Integrative Medicine UCSF

New Hampton School

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

Admissions Committee Chair, Experimental Microsurgical Society

Member, Mouse Transplantation Society

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