In the Spotlight: Aileen Cleary Cohen, M.D., Ph.D.
Bringing New Technology to the Clinical Arena
Stanford Affiliation: Clinical Instructor/Research Associate
Department: Pediatrics
School: Medicine
Degree: M.D., Ph.D.
Industry: Biopharma
Position: Director of Medical and Clinical Affairs
Location: Nodality, Inc., San Francisco, CA
After completing my pediatric hematology/oncology fellowship I decided to continue at Stanford as a physician scientist learning about IL-12 and effector memory CD4 T cells and seeing patients with oncologic disorders. Over time I came to dislike the stress of not having that paper written while trying hard to be a caring physician and caring for my family. The School of Medicine Career Center helped me to discover what I wanted and needed from my career. I was able to put together a business CV and interviewed at small, medium and large companies to get a sense of the different working environments. Ultimately I was offered a number of jobs and decided to work for a small (<10 employees) venture-capital backed start up company called Nodality. Thanks to the career center I found a way to better marry my M.D. and Ph.D. skill sets and hope to bring new diagnostics using phospho-flow technology to the clinical arena.
Aileen Cleary Cohen
January 2007
