Barbara van der Schalie MS

Clinical Training Manager/Learning & Professional Development, Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc.

Barbara van der Schalie has over twenty-five years of experience in education, with the last 22 years focused on outcomes-based adult professional training. She is currently the Clinical Training/Learning and Professional Development Manager in the Clinical Research Monitoring Program (CMRP) of Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc., serving the Division of Clinical Research (DCR) of the National Institute of Allergic and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), responsible for compliance, technical and professional development training. Prior to switching to the clinical side, Barbara was a Senior Manager in QA Compliance, Corporate Training at MedImmune, Inc, responsible for the design, implementation, evaluation and maintenance of the global Technical and Compliance Training Programs, the QA Training Manager at Human Genome Sciences, the Technical Training Manager at Celera Genomics and the Technical Training Manager at Life Technologies.

Ms. van der Schalie has an undergraduate degree in Biology-Chemistry with a minor in secondary education, as well as a Master of Science degree in Biomedical Sciences with a focus on Cell Biology. She has taught Human Anatomy and Physiology 1 & 2 at Frederick Community College in the Allied Health Program for over 20 years. Her specialty is competency-based, adult learning and its implementation in workplace training.

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