Forrest Barker
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VP of Market Operations
San Francisco, California, United States
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Jobs
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VP of Market OperationsSprinter HealthMay 2026 - Current (5 months)- Sr Director - Market OperationsSprinter HealthMay 2025 - Current (1 year 5 months)
- Director - Market OperationsSprinter HealthMay 2024 - May 2025 (1 year 1 month)
- Sr Manager - Market OperationsSprinter HealthMay 2023 - May 2024 (1 year 1 month)
- Manager - Market OperationsSprinter HealthNov 2021 - May 2023 (1 year 7 months)
- Business Development and ImplementationRemote Medical InternationalJan 2019 - May 2020 (1 year 5 months)
- Operations - Team Lead Global Coordination CenterRemote Medical InternationalNov 2017 - Dec 2018 (1 year 2 months)
- Operations - Global Care CoordinationRemote Medical InternationalMar 2016 - Oct 2017 (1 year 8 months)
- ResearcherHoward Hughes Medical InstituteJun 2013 - Aug 2015 (2 years 3 months)Supported postdoctoral fellow in publishing two high profile papers on the role of neurons in the hypothalamus that mediate homeostasis.
Independently investigated the role of Hypothalamic neurons in sensitizing reward circuitry during caloric deprivation. - Avalanche Instructor & Mountain GuideVarious CompaniesOct 2012 - Mar 2023 (10 years 6 months)
- SEMT Medical Personnel & CrewSailing Vessel JubilantOct 2010 - Apr 2011 (7 months)Attend to any and all medical concerns aboard the ship as well as offer my skills and knowledge to populations of remote Pacific Islands lacking established medical facilities. Participate in all vessel duties including, navigation, engine repair, cooking, sail maintenance, and radio communications.
Education
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- Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc, BiologyUniversity of Washington
- Masters of Science, Global HealthUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO
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- PPlasticity of VTA DA neurons induced by AgRP neural activationLong-term food restriction is known to increase the rewarding properties of drugs of abuse. Drug induced dopamine (DA) release in the nucleus accumbens (NAC) is augmented in rats that have been food restricted to 80% of their original body weight. It has also been shown that food restriction sensitizes DA neurons in the locomotion-associated substantia nigra (SN) to drugs of abuse. In calorically deprived animals, AgRP neurons respond to peripheral energy signals – unlike dopaminergic VTA neurons, suggesting that these may be the neural population responsible for the augmented dopamine release in the NAC. AgRP neural activation drives food intake and behaviors conducive to food acquisition. I hypothesize that activation of AgRP neurons medi
- TThe United States’ Response to COVID-19: A Case Study of the First YearFeb 2021 - Apr 2021 (3 months)This comprehensive case study offers an evidence-based analysis of the U.S. response to the COVID-19 pandemic during its first year, commissioned by the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response (IPPR). Despite the nation’s immense scientific capacity and wealth, the U.S. experienced some of the worst pandemic outcomes globally — reporting millions of cases and hundreds of thousands of deaths, dramatic drops in life expectancy, and stark disparities in health and economic impacts across communities.
The report examines key dimensions of the response, including leadership, public health interventions, economic effects, healthcare system resilience, and scientific innovation. It highlights critical delays in testing - SSequencing & Analysis of PFO3018 clone of Pseudomonas fluorescensSep 2011 - Dec 2011 (4 months)The fungus Gaeumannomyces graminis var. tritici was observed to cause a systemic root disease in wheat plants. Disease persistence in conducive soil showed a biological phenomenon called take-all decline (TAD) that demonstrated a drastic decrease in take-all disease presence yielding healthy wheat plants in what was termed suppressive soil. The observation of TAD led to extensive sampling of wheat plants and the discovery of super- colonizing bacteria that produce antibiotic acting DAPG. The super-colonizer was found on the specific strain L5.1-96 of Pseudomonas fluorescens. A series of experiments were carried out to build a culture of L5.1-96 strain on Kantomyosin deficient E.coli strain in order produce viable cultures of the desired str
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- AThe United State's Response to COVID-19: A Case Study of the First YearAprAn indepth evaluation of the economic impact, public health measures, communication strategies, health system preformance, and scientific inovations of the United States druing the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. This piece was created for the WHO commissioned Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response as part of a larger global evaluation into how the world responded to COVID-19 and what lessons can be learned to better prepare for future pandemics.