Mark Hickman

Experience

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  Walter Reed Army Medical Center

  Jun 1989 - Aug 1993

  Chief, Immunology Section, Dept of Pathology

  I supervised a staff of 12 soldiers and civilian med tech's performing a wide variety of specialized clinical immunology tests submitted by smaller Army hospitals in the Northeast region.

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  Fox Army Community Hospital

  Jun 1995 - Aug 1998

  Chief, Dept of Pathology

  As Lab Manager, I supervised a staff of 15 soldiers and civilian med techs performing a broad array of general laboratory tests.

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  Landstuhl Regional Medical Center

  Sept 1998 - Jul 2001

  Chief, Microbiology Division, Dept of Pathology

  I supervised a staff of 15 soldiers, GS civilians and foreign national employees conducting bacteriology, immunology, and virology testing on samples submitted by tri-service hospitals all over Europe.

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  Eisenhower Army Medical Center

  Feb 2006 - Jun 2009

  Chief, Microbiology Division, Dept of Pathology

  I supervised a staff of 15 soldiers and GS civilians engaged in clinical bacteriology, immunology and virology testing of samples submitted from hospitals throughout the Southeastern US.

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  Walter Reed Army Institute of Research

  Jul 2009 - Dec 2016

  I direct a staff of 80 military and civilian personnel conducting infectious disease drug research and development to meet the needs of deployed military personnel. I perform a wide range of program administration tasks associated with Experimental Therapeutic's drug discovery and development mission. I supervised 30 soldiers, GS civilians, and contractors performing in vivo studies and high throughput testing focused on discovering novel chemical entities for antiparasitic drug development and providing data to lead developers on leads in development.

  • Director, Experimental Therapeutics

    Jul 2015 - Dec 2016

  • Deputy Director, Experimental Therapeutics

    Oct 2013 - Jul 2015

  • Chief, Dept of Drug Discovery, Experimental Therapeutics

    Jul 2009 - Oct 2013
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  Engility Corporation

  May 2017 - May 2018

  Staff Scientist

  I provided subject matter expertise to drug development of antibiotics for biodefense indications.

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  Joint Product Manager Biodefense Therapeutics

  May 2018 - now

  Senior Scientist

  I provide scientific leadership to a staff of scientists providing subject matter expertise for drug development of bio-defense medical countermeasures.