Dr. Roby is an Associate at LBG, where she provides program support and management for government and commercial programs in preclinical, CMC, and clinical development. She assists with the technical review of new life sciences products, coordinates clinical supply needs for clients, liaises with CMOs, regulatory, and CMC, and oversees the tracking of project-specific budgets. A physiologist, she has 10 years of experience in the life sciences and eight years of experience in Alzheimer’s disease and diabetes research, which she gained while completing her studies at Saint Louis University and Vanderbilt University. In addition, she also has two years of experience in plant science research design from her time spent at Monsanto.
Dr. Roby’s expertise in live animal disease modeling includes progressive disease development models, diet-induced obesity models, and conditional knock-out models. She has experience in intricate techniques, including hyperinsulinemic-euglycemic clamping in live conscious mouse and is adept at behavior model development, multiple forms of tissue and live animal imaging, and a wide array of laboratory assays.
In addition, Dr. Roby has managed multiple collaborative projects during her research years, the success of which can be attributed to her communication abilities and her understanding of time courses in the research world. She has presented her research at the American Diabetes Association, the Society for Neuroscience, and UC Irvine Neurobiology of Learning and Memory conferences.
Dr. Roby interned at the Vanderbilt University Center for Technology Transfer and Commercialization, where she worked with a team to develop a new pest control product. She also worked with corporate alliance managers to promote various technologies from Vanderbilt researchers. In addition, Dr. Roby worked as a freelance scientific editor and has experience communicating scientific topics for a broad audience through her work with Vanderbilt University’s intercollegiate periodical, Vestigo, and Basic Sciences newsletter. Her work is also published in peer-reviewed journals.
Dr. Roby received her Ph.D. in Pharmacology and Physiology from Saint Louis University and completed her postdoctoral training in the Molecular Physiology and Biophysics department at Vanderbilt University. She holds a B.S. in Biological Sciences from Truman State University.
