GeneEd possesses the e-learning industry's most
comprehensive clinical, medical, scientific, and life science
industry expertise required to deliver the mission-critical training
and education needed for life science organizations to successfully
accelerate the drug development pipeline. This leads to more products,
and ultimately more sales.
GeneEd has established a Scientific Content Providers
(SCPs) program in order to identify top domain experts who can assist
GeneEd with courseware development. SCPs provide quality, up-to-date
content for courses, help in the creation and storyboarding process,
and assess and validate the completed courses before their release
to the public. SCPs also serve to cross-check each others' courses,
and bring access to their colleagues and laboratories who can test
and certify courses before their release.
Vinod Achan, M.A., M.R.C.P.
– Cardiovascular Research Fellow, Stanford University. Vinod
is a physician and an expert in the field of molecular physiology.
Vinod is an author of a textbook in Molecular Physiology published
by Blackwell Scientific, and provided content for a course in Cardiovascular
Genomics.
Rhonda Bohn, M.P.H., D.Sc. –
Consultant Epidemiologist, Division of Pharmacoepidemiology, Brigham
and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School. Rhonda is a consultant
focusing on Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology corporation sales force
training. She is an expert in the field of pharmacoepidemiology
and pharmacoeconomics.
Stacey Bolk, Ph.D. – Scientist, Lander Laboratory,
Whitehead/MIT Genome Center. Stacey has a background in human genetics
and is an expert in the field of SNPs and polymorphisms. Stacey
provided content for GeneEd's advanced course, "SNPs: Identification
and Uses".
Cathleen Brdlik, Ph.D. – Postdoctoral Fellow,
Department of Therapeutic Radiology, Yale Medical School. Cathleen’s
most recent degree is a Ph.D. in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental
Biology from Yale University.
Barry Bunin, Ph.D. – Founder, Libraria,
Inc; author of "Combinatorial Chemistry." Barry is an
expert in the field of combinatorial chemistry. Barry is a pioneer
in solid-phase combinatorial synthesis, and provided content for
a course in advanced Combinatorial Chemistry.
Michelle Cargill, Ph.D. – Scientist, Lander
Laboratory, Whitehead/MIT Genome Center. Michelle has a background
in human genetics and is an expert in the field of SNPs and polymorphisms.
Michelle provided content for GeneEd's advanced course, "SNPs:
Identification and Uses".
Peter Vincente Chin-Hong, M.D. – Peter is
a Fellow in Infectious Diseases at the University of California,
San Francisco and a Diplomate of the American Board of Internal
Medicine. He is an expert on AIDS and other viral infections and
has directed international research in Western Samoa and Australia.
Peter created GeneEd’s course on Acid-Related Digestive Disorders.
Kristina Cobb, M.S., Ph.D. – Clinical Assistant
Professor, Department of Health Research and Policy, Stanford University.
Kristina’s master’s degree is in statistics and her
doctorate is in epidemiology. Kristina provided content for our
BioStatistics course.
Karen J. Friday, M.D. – Clinical Professor,
Stanford University School of Medicine; Staff Physician, PAVAHCS.
Karen has published numerous research articles and book chapters
on cardiovascular medicine, and was a former director of clinical
departments at Roche Bioscience and Syntex Research Scotland. She
received a Department of Medicine Teaching Award in Cardiology (2003)
from Stanford and has special competency in pacing and defibrillators.
She created our course on Atrial Fibrillation.
Nat Goodman, Ph.D. – An independent bioinformatics
consultant, he was a founding member and Associate Director of the
Whitehead/MIT Center for Genome Research, where he ran the informatics
core. He also ran a bioinformatics research group at The Jackson
Laboratory, and a bioinformatics marketing team at Compaq Computer
Corporation. He has served on the faculties of Harvard University
and Boston University. Nat provided content for GeneEd's Microarray
Informatics course.
Gita Rani Gupta, M.D. – Resident in Internal
Medicine, University of Oslo. She obtained her medical degree from
the University of Oslo in Norway, where she is currently specializing
in ENT. Her medical background focused on psychiatry and neurosciences.
Gita provided content for our course on Bipolar Disorder.
Geeta Kadambi, Ph.D. – Sr. Scientist, Molecular
Dynamics Corp. Geeta is an expert in the field of microarrays and
bioinformatics. Geeta was previously a scientist at Hyseq Inc. and
conducted postdoctoral research at Stanford University. Geeta provided
content for advanced courses in Microarrays and Bioinformatics.
Ellen Kuwana, M.S. – Ellen received her
degree in Biochemistry with an emphasis on Neuroscience. For eight
years, she was a staff writer for the University of Washington’s
educational Web site, “Neuroscience for Kids.” She currently
works as a freelance medical writer and editor.
Joseph C. Liao, M.D. – Assistant Professor
of Urology, Stanford University School of Medicine. Joseph provided
content for our Overactive Bladder course.
Y. Joyce Liao, M.D., Ph.D. – Instructor,
Department of Neurology and Neurosciences, Stanford University Medical
Center. Joyce received both her degrees from the University of California
at San Francisco. Her clinical expertise includes neurodegenerative
diseases, movement disorders, stroke, epilepsy, and migraine. She
was the recipient of the 2004 S. Weir Mitchell Award for basic research
in neuroscience, conferred by the American Academy of Neurology.
She provided content for courses on Stroke and Dementia/Alzheimer’s
Disease.
Dinesh Patel, Ph.D. – Vice President of
Research, Versicor Corp. Previously Sr. Scientist at Affymax Research
Institute. Dinesh is an expert in the field of synthetic medicinal
chemistry. Dinesh was a medicinal chemist at Bristol-Myers Squibb,
head of a combinatorial chemistry group at Affymax, and co-founder
(along with Eric Gordon) of Versicor. Dinesh provided content for
an advanced Combinatorial Chemistry course.
Shani Peretz, M.S., Ph.D. – Lead Biology
Teacher, Peddie School. Shani obtained her Master’s and Ph.D.
(Genetics) from Yale University. Her research expertise covers genomic
imprinting, medical genetics, and genetic control of tumor progression.
She has many years of experience in teaching science and technology
to broad audiences. Shani provided content for our Breast Cancer
Patient Education course.
Raji Pillai, Ph.D. – Sr. Scientist, Affymetrix
Corp; graduate of the Brown Lab at Stanford University; research
scientist at Affymetrix Corp. Raji is an expert in the field of
microarrays and biochips. Raji provided content for GeneEd's advanced
course, "Microarrays."
Jack Pollard, Ph.D. – Principal Investigator
of Bioinformatics at 3rd Millennium Inc., a world leader in bioinformatics
consulting and systems development. He leads the company's microarray
consulting practice. He earned his Ph.D. from Harvard University
and has authored numerous research articles and patents on biochemistry
and informatics. Jack provided content for GeneEd's Microarray Informatics
course.
Sonja Potrebic, M.D., Ph.D. – Assistant
Adjunct Professor, Department of Neurology, University of California
at San Francisco. A graduate of Harvard Medical School and a Diplomate
of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, she has extensive
experience in pain management and anesthesiology. She provided content
for GeneEd’s courses on Neuropathic and Nociceptive Pain.
Sanjiv Shah, M.D. – Cardiology Fellow, Department
of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco. Sanjiv is
a third-year fellow, with a research focus on acquired and genetic
risk factors for ventricular-arterial stiffness. Sanjiv provided
content for our course on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
(COPD).
Sujan Shresta, Ph.D. – Postdoctoral Fellow,
University of California at Berkeley. Sujan obtained her B.A. in
Biology from Smith College and her Ph.D. (Immunology) from Washington
University. Her area of expertise is in cellular immunology, specifically
T cell activation and cytotoxic lymphocyte-induced apoptosis. She
provided content for GeneEd’s courses on Bacteria and Antibiotic
Therapy.
Jennifer Watson, Ph.D. – Postdoctoral Fellow
in Behavioral Medicine, Stanford Hospital. Jennifer provided content
for our course on Schizophrenia.
Jay Wohlgemuth, M.D. – Sr. Fellow, Stanford
Medical School; Principal Scientist, BioCardia Corp. Jay is an expert
in the field of cardiovascular genomics, and provided content for
GeneEd's advanced course, "Microarrays."
