Eric Thompson
Circulogene - Vice President of Translational Medicine
- Role
- Vice President of Translational Medicine (Remote) at Circulogene
- Location
- Glendale, AZ, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Eric Thompson
A molecular and clinical pharmacologist with strong scientific and managerial skills, I…
Experience
Vice President of Translational Medicine (Remote)
Jan 2019 — Present
Responsible for updating the secondary analysis and medical interpretation delivered to treating oncologists of a solid and liquid CGP tests. Part of reimbursement team, working on development of technical assessment materials as well as quality team member. Lead NGS pipeline development and maintenance efforts. Current job description for CAP runs 3 pages.• Evaluation of new technologies for potential purchase/implementation• Content expert for fund raising, explaining the science to VCs & their experts• Lead transition from Ion Torrent to Illumina NovaSeq with panel expansion• Lead transition from Illumina to Element for LBx testingo 3x larger panel, 30% reduction in COGS in less than 6 months• Resource for sales, end users, explaining the test/results to sales and physicians• Lead analysis and reporting teamo Lead vendor switch in tertiary analysis saving >60% per caseo Savings >$4M over course of contract• Lead automation contracts for NGS analysis resulting in 75% reduction in FTE required• Contract and budget negotiation• Interface with IT to develop and implement reporting updates• Developed expansion plans for new clinical utilities, report content update• Critical role in validation & verification of testing performance characteristics• Develop, train and implement QMS systems for analytics pipeline for NGS
Education
University of Arizona
Ph.D., Pharmacology and Toxicology
1997 — 2002
Skills
- Cancer
- Biomarkers
- Molecular Biology
- Biochemistry
- Cell Biology
- Pharmacology
- Assay Development
- Biotechnology
- Genetics
- Oncology
- Immunology
- Life Sciences
- Cell
- Drug Development
- Microarray
- Clinical Research
- Microscopy
- Drug Discovery
- Biomarker Development
- Signal Transduction
- Cell Signaling
- Evidence-Based Medicine
- Molecular Pharmacology
- Management
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Translational Research
- Genomics
- Pharmacogenomics
- Protein Chemistry
- Cell Culture
- Laboratory
- Companion Diagnostics
- Biomarker Strategy
- Lifesciences
- Toxicology
- Intellectual Property
- Dna
- In Vitro
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