Patricia Soochan

Patricia Soochan received a Bachelor and Master of Science from George Washington University in 1977 and 1981.  In 1982 she became a research and development biochemist at Bethesda Research Labs, later to be known as Life Technologies. Her work included conducting biotechnology workshops in France and Brazil. In 1987 she became a senior information specialist at Social and Scientific Systems, a consultant to the National Cancer Institute. There she worked with physicians in publishing reports of investigational cancer therapies.  In 1991 she joined the National Science Foundation as a science assistant/biologist involved in grants management in the cell biology program.  In 1994 she joined the undergraduate and graduate science education programs, now the Inclusive Learning Group, under the Center for Advancement of Science Leadership and Culture, at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, where she is a program officer engaged in all aspects of competition and award management from system design to policy development, most recently with Inclusive Excellence 1&2.