Bringing together a community college & research university and top employer to build inclusive labs
Meet the team
Our team brings together decades of expertise in bench research and training, professional development with a focus on diversity inclusion and equity, as well as evidence based training practices and assessment and training development for individuals of all stages of education, responsibilities, and backgrounds in the life sciences, as well as a thorough understanding of both the intern-trainee and mentor-employer perspective.
The parallel trainings and tools we've developed for both research mentor-managers and for student interns have been developed utilizing organizational management best practices, evidence based practices from education pedagogy and case studies that we have encountered from both the internship mentor and student intern perspectives.
We are committed to an ever evolving iterative approach to improving our tools and trainings based on our direct interactions with community college students and mentor-managers in academia, government and industry labs.
Grant Co-PIs
James B. Lewis, MA
Project Director Bridge to Biosciences
CCSF
jlewis.ccsf at gmail.com
Naledi Saul, MPM
Interim Chief of Staff & Director, Office of Career and Professional Development
UCSF
naledi.saul at ucsf.edu
Karen Leung, PhD
Biotechnology Faculty and Internship Coordinator
CCSF
karen.leung at mail.ccsf.edu
Senior Personnel & Advisors
Sumitra Tatapudy, PhD
Advisor
Andrea Goldfien, Ed.D.
Grant Evaluator
Laurence Clement, PhD
Advisor