Featuring Rebecca Bradford
Show Notes:
In this engaging conversation, Rebecca Bradford shares her passion for travel and how it influences her leadership at ATCC. She outlines a bold vision for the future, emphasizing the importance of a new biomanufacturing facility aimed at revitalizing domestic production and supporting health needs. Becky highlights the facility's design for sterility and efficiency, as well as the challenges of weather and material availability. With a focus on collaboration with big pharma and rigorous standards, she reflects on her leadership philosophy and personal goals. Her commitment to innovation and quality promises a significant impact on ATCC's future.
Guest:
Rebecca Bradford, MBA, MS, PMP
Senior Vice President, Government Programs, ATCC Federal Solutions (AFS)
Rebecca is responsible for the AFS business growth strategy, improved program management, and corporate responsiveness to the government and research community needs. Rebecca manages a portfolio of programs with NIAID, CDC, and BARDA that provide products and services to help the government address emerging infectious diseases, pandemic response and preparedness, medical countermeasures, and global health security.
Host:
David Yarmosh, MS
Lead Bioinformatician, ATCC
David Yarmosh is a lead bioinformatician in ATCC’s Sequencing and Bioinformatics Center. He’s a graduate of New York University’s Tandon School of Engineering. He has been working in large data aggregation and analysis since 2013 and microbial genomics with a focus on biosurveillance R&D efforts since 2016. David has led international training exercises in Peru and Senegal, sharing metagenomic analytical capabilities. His interests include genomics database construction, metadata collection, drug resistance mechanisms, bioinformatics standards, and machine learning. Since joining ATCC in 2020, David has worked extensively in SARS-CoV-2 classification, epidemiology, and genomics evaluation, including enhanced and uniform variant reporting. He has contributed more broadly to genomics reporting and analytical standardization and he has helped develop the podcast Behind the Biology, which he now hosts.
