Alison Bendele, DVM, PhD, DACVP
President & Founder

• Board Certified Veterinary Pathologist
• Over 30 years Industry Experience
• 18+ Years as CRO Owner
• Experienced in pharmacologic and toxicologic pathology
• Expertise in animal models of rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, IBD, general inflammation, pain, pharmacokinetics and toxicity
• 100+ peer-reviewed articles

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Phillip Bendele, BA, MBA
CEO

• 15+ years of CRO experience
• Highly experienced in animal models of rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, general inflammation, pain, lupus, pharmacokinetics and toxicity
• 20+ years management experience

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Jed Pheneger, BS, MT/HTL (ASCP)
Vice President of Research
Inflammation & Pharmacokinetics

• Board Certified Medical Technologist
• Board Certified Histotechnologist
• Over 15 years Industry Experience (4+ via CRO)
• Expertise in animal models of arthritis, IBD, general inflammation, lupus, pharmacokinetics and toxicity

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Robert O’Connell, BS, MBA
Vice President of Research
Inflammatory Bowel Disease

• 8+ years of CRO experience
• 3+ years experience with histology, immunohistochemistry and ex vivo analysis
• Highly experienced in animal models of inflammatory bowel disease
• Validation of new models for the company including MDR1a Spontaneous colitis, Rat DSS induced colitis, Rat TNBS induced colitis & IL10rb KO DSS induced colitis

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Randy Howard, BS, PhD
Principal Investigator
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

• BS in Biochemistry, PhD in Pharmacology
• 20+ years in drug discovery, development and management
• Therapeutic areas include inflammation, cancer, cardiovascular,
  pulmonary, CNS, reproductive, and infectious disease
• Over 40 peer-reviewed publications

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Dave Emerson (Ret.), PhD
Oncology

• 30+ years of industry experience
• 20+ years in drug discovery, development and management
• Highly experienced in mouse and rat models of Oncology
• Over 50 peer-reviewed publications

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Leyla Murphy, BS, MS
Principal Investigator
Pain & General Inflammation

• 5+ years of CRO experience
• 8+ years experience as veterinary and research assistant
• Ex vivo analysis specialist
• Highly experienced in animal models of Pain and General Inflammation
• Validation of new models for the company including:
  • STZ-Induced Neuropathy in Mice and Rats
  • Partial Sciatic Nerve Ligation in Mice and Rats
  • IMQ-Induced Psoriasis in Mice and Rats.

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Julie White  DVM, Dipl. ACVP
Pathologist

• 15+ years of veterinary pathology experience
• 25+ years as a Doctor of Veterinary medicine
• Highly experienced in mouse  models of Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Oncology

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