Maya Aleshnick

Maya Aleshnick is a Senior Research Project Manager at Oregon Health & Science University, where Maya has worked since July 2019, having also held positions as Senior Research Associate and Research Associate. Previously, Maya served as a Senior Research Associate at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases from May 2017 to June 2019, and as Insectary Manager at the US Food and Drug Administration between July 2015 and May 2017, where Maya established the first arthropod research facility and managed various biomedical research projects. Earlier experience includes a role as a Graduate Student Researcher at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, focusing on Plasmodium yeolii infection rates, and as a Laboratory Research Technician at the University of Vermont, studying blood coagulation. Maya holds a Master's Degree in Molecular Microbiology and Immunology from Johns Hopkins (2015) and a Bachelor's Degree in Biology from the University of Vermont (2010).