Senior Specialist in the Vector Production Group at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC), has over 21 years of experience in both basic science research and Phase 1/2 GMP manufacturing. She began her career in production of GMP clinical supplies and analytical chemistry at a small firm working with biodegradable polymers to develop long-acting delivery systems of various molecules. She continued her career researching immune function at Shriners Burns Hospital, Cincinnati, OH, in the lab of Cora K Ogle, PhD and hematopoiesis with the Experimental Hematology and Cancer Biology group at CCHMC in the lab of David A Williams, MD and Marie-Dominique Filippi, PhD. Her current position involves manufacturing of viral vectors for both academic and commercial customers to advance the field of gene therapy.