Elena's preferences (lightning round) Quality vs quantity? "Quality of course" Chicken wings or Chicken Kyiv? "Chicken wings" San Diego or Chicago? "San Diego" EpicentRx or anywhere else? "EpicentRx. By far. No other company compares." Elena Prokopenko, the subject of...
The list of Iranians living in America who have done great things is long and includes Pierre Omidyar, founder of eBay, Isaac Larian, the founder, and CEO of MGA entertainment, Salar Kamangar, a senior executive at Google and a former CEO of YouTube, Manny Mashouf,...
Fun facts: Main passions: surfing, Hawaii, drug development Role model: Ezekiel Lau, Hawaiian surfer Sedentary hobby: Playing in the fantasy surfing league We all know and refer to him as Mr. Don’t Worry Be Happy, Mr. San Diego Surfer, and Mr. Sunshine. This is...
A common metaphor is that of a devil on one shoulder, representing temptation, and an angel on the other representing conscience, which battle it out for control over individual actions. In the case of EpicentRx, that angel is literal not metaphorical. Her name is...
How many times have we all heard the expression, “There’s an app for that”? Chances are, whatever the activity, however common or rare, be it fitness, takeout, reading books on your tablet, air quality, and even popping pimples, a mobile application (app hereafter) is...
♪ Da-ta-da-da-ta-da-ta-da ♪ This excerpt from the theme song to the movie, Rocky, is by way of introduction to Erica Burbano, Head of Clinical QA for EpicentRx, who, like the Rocky Balboa character, grew up on the mean streets of Philadelphia. Ok slight exaggeration....
Warning: Hurricane Jeannie expected to make landfall. The projected path is shown below. In this case, Hurricane Jeannie refers to an individual, Jeannie Williams, RN, MSN, AOCNS, a true force of nature, who works as the Director of Clinical Operations at EpicentRx....
Meaghan Stirn, about whom we have written this deservedly fulsome profile, is highly intelligent, extremely intuitive, and the company is beyond lucky to have her in its employ as Controller & Vice President of Special Projects. But let’s be clear: intelligent and...
According to Dr. Nacer Abrouk, PhD, a statistician/drug developer that consults part-time for EpicentRx under his company, Clinical Trial Innovations (CTI), “I can’t pump gas, but I can do statistics.” This statement may explain why Nacer, a Porsche enthusiast, owns a...
What has the faster motor, a NASCAR race car, or a flagellated bacterium? According to Arizona State University microbiologist, Dr. Cheryl Nickerson, aka “the bacteria whisperer” (although TBH we’ve never heard her whisper) and space health scientist the answer is,...