L. Allyson Checkley

L. Allyson Checkley has a diverse work experience spanning over several years. L. Allyson is currently working at Lockwood as a Senior Associate Scientific Director, starting in January 2023. Prior to that, they held the position of Associate Scientific Director at Lockwood from February 2022 to January 2023.

Before joining Lockwood, Checkley worked as a Medical Writer at Envision Communications from January 2021 to February 2022.

From April 2017 to January 2021, Checkley served as a Research and Registry Program Advisor at Coram CVS/specialty infusion services.

Before that, they worked as a Contract Medical Writer at MPS Limited from July 2015 to April 2017.

Checkley started their professional career as a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in February 2013 and completed their tenure in March 2017.

Prior to that, they worked as a Graduate Research Assistant at MD Anderson Cancer Center (The University of Texas) from August 2007 to December 2012.

Checkley's career began as a Research Assistant at Louisiana State University Health Science Center Shreveport from May 2006 to May 2007. In this role, they assisted in laboratory work related to obesity-associated inflammation and the inflammatory phenotype of adipose tissue microvasculature. L. Allyson also gained technical skills in immunohistochemistry, western blot analysis, and PCR, and performed routine laboratory maintenance tasks.

L. Allyson Checkley obtained a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Biology/Biological Sciences, General from Centenary College of Louisiana, where they attended from 2003 to 2007. L. Allyson then pursued a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in Molecular Carcinogenesis from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston), from 2007 to 2012.