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Advisory Board for the Biotechnology and Health Programs

Biotechnology General

Matthew D. Arnold, MS, MBA
Vice President, Chief of Staff
MedImmune (http://www.medimmune.com)
Gaithersburg, MD

Casey Capparelli, MBA
Executive Director, Product Development
Amgen, Inc (http://www.amgen.com)
Thousand Oaks, CA

Santiago Homsi Jr., CIR
Senior Recruiting Representative
Baxter Healthcare Corporation (http://www.baxter.com/)
Thousand Oaks, CA

Douglas Lane, MBA
CEO
Applied Integrin Sciences, Inc. (http://www.integrins.com)
Los Angeles, CA

Timothy D. Osslund, PhD
Principal Scientist
A & FS
ATO Analytical Sciences
Amgen (http://www.amgen.com)
Thousand Oaks, CA

Peggy Pence, PhD
President and CEO
Symbion Research International (http://www.symbionresearch.com/)
Newbury Park, CA

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Stem Cell Technology

Dennis O. Clegg, PhD
Professor and Chair, Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
Co-Director, Center for Stem Cell Biology and Engineering
UCSB (http://www.lifesci.ucsb.edu/mcdb/index.html)
Santa Barbara, CA

Jeanne F. Loring, PhD
Professor of Developmental Neurobiology
Director, Center for Regenerative Medicine
The Scripps Research Institute (http://www.scripps.edu/e_index.html)
La Jolla, CA

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Biomedical Engineering

Jonathan Lasch, PhD
Director & CEO
Alfred Mann Institute for Biomedical Engineering
USC (http://ami.usc.edu/)
Los Angeles, CA

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Health Care

Robert Gonzalez, MD
Medical Director
Ventura County Healthcare Agency (http://www.vchca.org)
Ventura, CA

Ming K. Heng, MD, FRACP, FAHA
Clinical Professor of Medicine, UCLA/Consulting Cardiologist
Board Certified Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Disease
Centers for Family Health
Community Memorial Health System
Centers for Family Health (http://www.cmhshealth.org/cfh/oxnard-airmarina.shtml)
Oxnard, CA

Edward H. O’Neil, PhD, MPA, FAAN
Professor and Director
Center for the Health Professions
UCSF (http://www.futurehealth.ucsf.edu/)
San Francisco, CA

Sue Tatangelo, MA
Chief Resource Officer
Camarillo Health Care District (http://www.camhealth.com/chcd.php)
Camarillo, CA

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Workforce Development Agency

Cheryl Moore
Executive Director
Workforce Investment Board (http://www.wib.ventura.org/)
Ventura, CA

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Military

Bryan Burdick
Education Specialist,
Navy College Office
Naval Base Ventura County (http://www.cnic.navy.mil/Ventura/index.htm)
Point Mugu, CA

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Community College

Patricia Fausset, PhD
Director of the Central Coast Biotechnology Center
Department of Sciences
Ventura College (http://www.venturacollege.edu/)
Ventura, CA

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Student Representative

Matthew Cheney (from Fall 2011-Summer 2012)
Graduate Student in MS Biotechnology Program
CIRM Student Assistant
CSU Channel Islands

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Faculty as Ex Officio Members

Ruben Alarcon, PhD
Assistant Professor of Biology

Amy Denton, PhD
Chair and Associate Professor of Biology
Director of MS Biotechnology and Bioinformatics

Karen Jensen, PhD
Associate Professor of Nursing

Nancy Mozingo, PhD
Associate Professor of Biology

Nitika Parmar, PhD
Assistant Professor of Biology

William E. Wagner III, PhD
Professor of Sociology

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