Participants


Gregory Adams PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
National Institute of Health (NHLBI)

Derrick Akpalu PhD, MSCR
Associate Director, Clini...
Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson &

Najealicka Armstrong PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Howard University

Shanna Ashley PhD
Senior Scientist
AbbVie

Petrina Barnett Naylor PhD
Pre-Clinical Research Ass...
Haylard Health

Markaisa Black PhD
Scientist
Procter & Gamble

John Bullen
Associate Director
AstraZeneca

Marangelie Criado-Marrero MBA, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
University of South Florida

Danielle Daley-Brown PhD, MS
Clinical Scientist
Merck

Mosissa Fayissa PhD
Term Assistant Professor ...
George Mason University

Paris Hamilton
Senior Regulatory Scienti...
Voisin Consulting Life Sciences

Crystal Jones PhD
Senior Scientist
Merck

Jose Roman
Manager
Janssen

Kisha Scarlett PhD
Medical Science Liaison
Teva Pharmaceuticals

Caresse Simmonds
Management Consultant
Accenture

Sara Snell PhD
Scientist Process Develop...
Cytovance Biologics

Loraine Soto-Vázquez PhD
Chemist
Materials Characterization Center, Inc.

MaKendra Umstead
Global Oncology Marketing...
AstraZeneca

Carmen Vails
7th Grade Science Teacher
Thurgood Marshall Middle School

Patrice Wagner Cuff
Program Manager
Spelman College

Justin Wilson PhD
Assistant Professor of Bi...
Howard University