About

Country

United States

Affiliation

Nonprofit/NGO

Field of Training

Life sciences

Bio

Manage unique science and technology projects where knowledge of current trends is essential: currently at SRI International (two years plus) as Senior Project Manager for the Center of Excellence in Infectious Disease and Biodefense; NASA Ames Research Center: led a science team in development of novel life science research hardware for the International Space Station. Previously: human immunology research.
Academics: completed Master's degree with emphasis in science, technology, and innovation policy (2005).

Title

Senior Project Manager

Organization

SRI International

Projects

Creation of a drug re-purposing platform for biodefense against select agents (Transformational Medical Technologies Initiative, Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA)), and development of a disruptive technology for rapid deployment of vaccines and therapeutics (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)), plus various contracts and grants through the National Institutes of Health (NIH) with commercial and academic partners.

Publications

P. Larenas, M. de la Morena, N.K. Day, R.A. Good and R. de Waal Malefyt. 2000. Characterization of a novel immune deficiency syndrome. Poster at the American Association of Immunologists meeting in Seattle, WA.

P. Larenas, T. Sornasse, T, Sana, Y. XU, J. Foster, S. Menon, F. Bazan, R. Kastelein, and R. de Waal Malefyt. 1998. Human IL-18 enhances T and NK cell functions but does not affect T helper differentiation. Presented as a seminar at the Experimental Biology meeting, San Francisco, CA.

Interests

Global impacts of disruptions in science and technology; IPE

Online identity

LinkedIn

http://www.linkedin.com/in/plarenas

History

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