Laura has worked in life science consulting for over three years, providing program management support to both government programs and not-for-profit organizations. Her technical background is in monoclonal antibody discovery and characterization, including neutralization assays, ELISAs, epitope binning, and mechanistic studies. She performed her graduate studies in James Crowe’s laboratory in the Vaccine Center at Vanderbilt University, where she received her PhD in 2020.
Her consulting experience spans a wide range of government and commercial service offerings, including program management support for preclinical and clinical development of vaccines and antibodies, government proposal development, and post award program management support. She also has extensive manuscript writing and editing experience, and worked as a freelance editor before becoming a consultant.
Laura has supported proposal development for multiple government agencies, including BARDA, DARPA, NIH, DTRA, and JPEO. She has written white papers and coordinated the development of full proposals leading to successful government funding for products ranging from vaccines and biologics to medical diagnostics and novel vaccine delivery technologies.
Laura received her Project Management Professional (PMP) certification in 2022.