Cepheid
Jodi Weidler is an accomplished professional in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology sectors, currently serving as Senior Director, Medical and Scientific Affairs and Strategy, Oncology as well as Senior Director, Oncology Collaborations, R&D at Cepheid since April 2014. With extensive experience, Jodi previously held the role of Senior Director, Clinical & Research Collaborations at Monogram Biosciences, Inc. from June 2001 to March 2014, and worked at Roche Laboratories as a Clinical Science Liaison from 1999 to 2001. Jodi’s early career included positions at GlaxoWellcome as a Clinical Research/Drug Development Fellow, at UNC as a Clinical Research/Drug Development Fellow, and at the University of Nebraska Medical Center as a Pharmacy Resident, House Officer I. Jodi holds a Bachelor of Science and a Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) from The University of Kansas and completed a Pharmacy Practice Residency at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, as well as a post-doctoral fellowship in Drug Development at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Cepheid
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Cepheid is a molecular diagnostics company. The Company develops, manufactures and markets fully-integrated systems for testing in the Clinical and Non-Clinical markets. The Company's systems enable molecular testing for organisms and genetic-based diseases by automating otherwise complex manual laboratory procedures. The Company's systems integrate these steps and analyze biological samples in test cartridges. Its primary offering is the GeneXpert system, which integrates sample preparation in addition to Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) amplification and detection. The GeneXpert system is designed for a range of user types ranging from reference laboratories and hospital central laboratories to satellite testing locations, such as emergency departments and intensive care units within hospitals, as well as physician offices and other alternate site laboratories. It also offers the SmartCycler system, which integrates DNA amplification and detection to allow rapid analysis of a sample.