President of SciScout LLC - Quality Toxicology Risk Assessments and Other Life Sciences Consulting Services
Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area
President of SciScout LLC - Quality Toxicology Risk Assessments and Other Life Sciences Consulting Services
Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area
Professional Profile:
Dr. James Lindsey is a successful leader and scientist with more than ten years of progressively responsible and diverse accomplishments in managerial and scientific roles in government (Department of Defense) and corporate (pharmaceutical) environments. He has attracted and completed various toxicology assessment projects, assessing human health risks of a variety of pharmaceutical and chemical products, chemical contaminants and materials for clients in the life sciences industry. As a certified Project Management Professional (PMP), Dr. Lindsey continues to use sound project management principles in the execution of client projects.
Previously, Dr. Lindsey was commissioned as a Naval officer and assigned to Naval Medical Research Institute Detachment – Toxicology, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base following graduation with a Ph.D. in Chemistry from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a BS in Biochemistry from East Carolina University. He developed a new microdialysis and neurobehavioral toxicity assessment laboratory and completed a series of programmed studies as principal investigator to several projects investigating neurotoxicity of compounds of military interest. Later, he implemented a “start-up” toxicology laboratory, providing in vitro drug discovery and literature-based toxicological human health risk assessment services, as a manager and senior scientist at Cardinal Health. He also led a group responsible for providing analytical chemistry services in support of biopharmaceutical manufacturing processes while at Cardinal.
Analytical Chemistry
Toxicology
Human-Health Risk Assessment
Pharmaceutical Development
Project Management
(Privately Held; Pharmaceuticals industry)
2005 — Present (4 years)
SciScout, headquartered within minutes of Research Triangle Park, NC, provides life sciences consulting and information search services within life sciences, healthcare, chemical and related industries throughout the United States.
Our life sciences consulting offerings, primarily focused on providing toxicology and human health risk assessments via our ToxScout service, continue to help our clients meet important regulatory filings by researching and writing required study reports assessing toxicity of various pharmaceutical and chemical products, chemical contaminants, materials and medical devices.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; CAH; Pharmaceuticals industry)
2001 — 2004 (3 years)
Led drug discovery and development efforts within the Research and Bioanalytical Division. In addition to hands-on laboratory and project management work, managed three groups at various periods performing ADME, toxicological and chemical analysis for client projects.
(Public Company; Pharmaceuticals industry)
1999 — 2001 (2 years)
Developed and implemented new technologies and methods supporting drug product development within Analytical Research and Development.
(Public Company; Chemicals industry)
1998 — 1999 (1 year)
Developed site-wide laboratory automation applications within the Automation and Instrumentation Technology Group of the Technological Innovation Division.
(Government Agency; Defense & Space industry)
1994 — 1998 (4 years)
Military officer and principal investigator for several chemical and toxicological research projects at the major toxicology research laboratory of the United States military tri-service toxicology consortium. Developed unique neurotoxicity and neurobehavioral toxicity assessment methods.
Ph.D. , Chemistry , 1988 — 1993
BS , Biochemistry , 1984 — 1988
American Chemical Society
Project Management Institute (PMI)
• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification via PMI, 2005 - Present
• National Science Foundation / Engineering Research Center (NSF/ERC) Fellow in the Center for Emerging Cardiovascular Technologies, 1992 - 1993
• American Chemical Society Undergraduate Analytical Chemistry Award, 1988