Penny Dacks

Senior Director of Scientific Initiatives

Since 2019, Penny Dacks has been working in American Epilepsy Society located 226, 226. Penny is an experienced Associate Executive Director, Programs with over 14 years of work experience. According to Penny's CV and work profile, Penny Dacks has worked at more than seven companies with numerous backgrounds and got various skills. Penny attended school at the University of Arizona from 2004 to 2009. Penny can be found in Morgantown, West Virginia – where this person currently lives. You can search for this professional's email address and number. We can also provide you with additional contact information upon request.
Name variants:
Penelope Dacks
Last updated May 21, 2024

Contact Information

Last Update
Jul 12, 2022
Email
pe**@gmail.com, pd**@alzdiscovery.org
Location
Morgantown, WV

Workplace

American Epilepsy Society
Associate Executive Director, Programs

West Hartford, CT

Industry

Nonprofit Organization Management, Social Services Medical Doctor's Office, Civil & Social Organizations

Work History

Associate Executive Director, Programs

135 south La Salle St SUITE 2850, Chicago, IL 60603
Responsible for strategic oversight of the AES portfolio of content-based products, programs, and services in education, clinical activities, and research to meet the assessed needs of all p...
from Apr 2019

Director of Aging and Alzheimer's Prevention, Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation

57 west 57Th St SUITE 904, New York, NY 10022
Director of Aging & Alzheimer's Prevention, Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation at Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation
Mar 2012 — Mar 2017

Adjunct Associate Professor

P/O Box 6201, Morgantown, WV
An affiliation with no teaching or administrative responsibilities
from 2014

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

1428 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10029
With a fellowship from the Hilda and Preston Davis Foundation, I studied how hypothalamic sensing of sugars, estrogens, and fatty acids may contribute to metabolic disorders, aging, and anor...
Sep 2010 — Mar 2012

Phd Research In Neuroscience

Tucson, AZ
Under the guidance of Naomi Rance, I demonstrated proof-of-concept for a novel theory of menopausal hot flushes that has since been confirmed with Phase II clinical trials. Key achievements...
2004 — 2010

Summer Research Fellowship and Senior Thesis

In the motor control laboratory of Dr. Stephen Scott, I used Matlab computer programming to analyze electrophysiological EMG and EEG data (eg. for spike triggered averaging) and I tested cus...
2003 — 2004

Research Internship In Science and Engineering

Santa Barbara, CA
Worked in the lab of Samir Mitragotri in the Department of Chemical Engineering. Examined how low-frequency ultrasound (sonophoresis) increases skin permeability with the goal of transdermal...
Jun 2001 — Aug 2001

Education

2004 — 2009
2008 — 2008
1999 — 2004

Occupations

Executive
Senior Director
Chief Executive Officer
Supporting Member
Organization Management
Non-Profit
Director
Senior Manager
Operations Manager
Corporate Executive
Chief Executive
Team Member

Skills

Neuroscience
Life Sciences
Drug Discovery
Aging
Endocrinology
Translational Research
Conference Development
Immunology
Menopause
Strategic Partnerships
Senior Program Management
Cross Functional Team Leadership
Grant Writing
Biotechnology
Strategic Communications
Budget Management
Nonprofit Organizations
Business Strategy
Project Management
Public Speaking
Patient Advocacy
Management
Teamwork
Gerontology
Alzheimer's Disease
Epilepsy
Therapeutic Areas
Research
Writing
Immunohistochemistry
In Vivo
Microscopy
Editing
Cell Culture
Eating Disorders
Fluorescence Microscopy
Qpcr
Scientific Writing
Animal Models
Immunofluorescence
Transfection
Histology
Immunocytochemistry
Science
Physiology
Western Blotting
Lifesciences
Electrophysiology
Molecular Biology
Confocal Microscopy
Pcr
Biochemistry
Cell Biology
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