Julia Cesur Levinsky, MS, PMP®

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Timeline
About me
Associate Director, Alliance Management at Amgen
Education
- University of Illinois Chicago
  2001 - 2005
  BS Bioengineering/ Cell and Tissue Engineering
- University of Illinois Chicago
  2006 - 2007
  MS Bioengineering
  Activities and Societies: • American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS), 2007-Present. • International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE), 2006-Present. • Bio-Medical Engineering Society (BMES), 2003-Present. • Society of Women Engineers (SWE), 2003-Present. Thesis: Investigation of a Relationship Between Drug Hydrophobicity and Solubilization in Lipid Nanocarriers
Experience
- University of Illinois at Chicago-Bioengineering
  Jul 2004 - Nov 2005
  Research Assistant
  Senior Design Project: Development of Bilayer Flow Chamber UIC Department of Bio-Engineering, July 2004 – Nov 2005• Experienced in cell culturing, cell imaging and analyzing cell morphology by imageJ software.Undergraduate Research: Co-Culture Fluid Shear Stress Model to Study Vascular Cell MorphologyUIC Department of Bio-Engineering, July 2004 – June 2005
- University of Illinois at Chicago - Biopharmaceutical Sciences
  May 2006 - Dec 2007
  Research Assistant
  Project: Comparison between Sterically Stabilized Simple and Mixed Phospholipid Nanomicelles for the Solubilization of Hydrophobic Drugs (June 2007-Dec 2007)Project: Targeted Drug Nanocarrier for Cancer Treatment (May 2006-May 2007)This work was supported, in part, by Eisai Inc.
- Avocet Polymer Technologies, Inc. & Maroon Biotech, Corp.
  Jan 2008 - Jan 2010
  Research Scientist / Director of Operations
  TECHNICAL SKILLSExperienced in analytical techniques including chromatography (TLC, HPLC), spectroscopy (UV, photon correlation spectroscopy) and gel electrophoresis. Experienced in cell culture techniques, cytotoxicity assays and ELISA immunoassays. Proficient in lyophillization and stability testing of IV dosage forms. Experienced in small surgeries on animals (pigs).
- Medline Industries, Inc.
  Jun 2010 - May 2020
  Managing a project management team for product development of medical devices, drugs and cosmetics; managing a stability program to establish a shelf life/expiration dating and biological risk assessments such as biocompatibility, extractable/leachable etc.
  - Sr. Manager, Research and Development
    Mar 2018 - May 2020
  - Manager, R&D Technical Project Management & Stability
    Feb 2014 - May 2020
  - Project Scientist
    Apr 2013 - Feb 2014
  - Quality Specialist
    Jun 2010 - Apr 2013
- Horizon
  May 2020 - Oct 2023
  - Associate Director, Alliance Management
    Apr 2022 - Oct 2023
  - Senior Manager, Project and Program Management
    Oct 2021 - Apr 2022
  - Project Manager, R&D Program Management
    May 2020 - Oct 2021
- Amgen
  Oct 2023 - now
  Associate Director, Alliance Management (Amgen acquired Horizon Therapeutics in October 2023)
Licenses & Certifications
- Project Management Professional PMP®
  Project Management Institute
  Dec 2017