Academia & Industry Experience
Christopher Jerome, B.Sc., B.Vet.Med., Ph.D., M.R.C.V.S.
Wake Forest University School of Medicine, 1991-7,
Winston-Salem, NC, USA
Associate Professor of Comparative Medicine
Directed research program involving 6 faculty members using nonhuman primate models for osteoporosis and osteoarthritis research.
Supervision and teaching of graduate students in Comparative Medicine and Molecular & Cellular Pathobiology programs.
Development of GLP-standard program to conduct efficacy studies on osteoporosis therapies to meet FDA requirements for large animal studies.
Development of software utilities for histomorphometry data collection, image analysis, data processing and statistical analysis in QBasic, RPL (BB&N RS/1 procedural language) and Optimas.
Sandoz Pharma AG, 1988-91, Basel, Switzerland
Laboratory Chief, Osteology Project
Developed in vivo models and associated technologies, including DEXA, pQCT, bone histology & automated morphometry, and bone resorption/formation biomarkers for evaluation of therapeutic agents for osteoporosis.
Developed software utilities for histomorphometry data collection, image analysis, data processing and statistical analysis in QBasic, RPL (BB&N RS/1 procedural language) and BioQuant (R&M Biometrics).
Wake Forest University School of Medicine, 1982-8,
Winston-Salem, NC, USA
Assistant Professor of Comparative Medicine
Research on skeletal pathophysiology and reproductive biology in primates.
Supervised diagnostic and experimental anatomic and clinical pathology laboratories in support of large primate colony and research program in atherosclerosis.
Principal Investigator of 2 NIH grants.
Development of software utilities for data processing and statistical analysis in Basic and RPL (BB&N RS/1 procedural language).