About Anthony
The gap between the lab bench and a patient's bedside is what drew me to clinical research. Science only finishes its job when a patient can understand their options, access treatment, and feel that innovation was built with them in mind.
At university, I studied biopharmaceutical sciences and health communication. One taught me how therapies are developed and brought to market; the other taught me how people navigate health decisions in our digital age.
Now I'm building on that foundation with graduate training in biomedical engineering, a deeper technical grounding in the innovations I hope to help bring to patients.
There's a term for that gap, the valley of death, where good science goes to die. Not from bad research, but from a lack of what comes after: funding, protection, delivery.
Bridging that divide is the work I want to spend my career doing.
2019 - 2023
USC
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Biopharmaceutical Sciences
2023 - 2026
Clinical Research
Full-time at Cedars-Sinai, UCSF, and Metaclipse Therapeutics
2026 - 2027
Cornell
Master of Engineering (M.Eng.) in Biomedical Engineering
2027 and beyond
JD
Life Sciences Intellectual Property
Interests
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Solid Tumor Oncology
Experience across head and neck, non-small cell lung (NSCLC), breast, ovarian, brain, prostate, and colorectal cancers.
Endometriosis and Gynecologic Disease
Infectious Disease
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Cell & Gene Therapy
Precision Medicine
Antibody-Drug Conjugates (targeted cancer drugs delivered directly to tumor cells)
Companion Diagnostics (tests that identify which patients a treatment will work for)
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HIV Advocacy
Clinical Trial Accessibility
Drug Pricing & Affordability
Market Access Strategy (getting approved drugs to patients and payers)
Real-World Evidence (data from patient outcomes outside clinical trials)
In My Element
2026 - Present
HIV Community Advisory Board Member
2020 - 2023
Tour Guide at the USC Admission Center
2019 - 2022
Spirit Leader and Competition Cheerleader at USC
Fitness & Hiking
Daily walker and hiking enthusiast
Yoga
Hot, sculpt and restore classes
Third Spaces
Chronic coffee-shop-goer
Where I Grew Up
It’s easier to show than tell.