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QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY * Extensive industrial research experience in Drug Discovery and Preclinical Development, In Vitro Diagnostics, Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology. Proven record of accomplishments and publications. * Multiple research projects taken from inception to IND filing and advancing drug candidates into clinical trials in cardiovascular, CNS, diabetes, oncology and autoimmune diseases. * Experience with validation of novel drug targets and evaluation of small molecule drug candidates in functional assays and animal models. Extensive experience in assay development, including cell-based and enzyme/receptor assays. * Broad expertise in Biological Sciences - Enzymology, Molecular Biology, Bioanalytical protocols, protein expression and purification, protein chemistry, immunochemistry, cell biology and cell signal transduction. * Expertise with database management, design of data capturing protocols, analysis of large arrays of data including data mining and statistical analysis.