Cam provides government affairs and research development support to McAllister & Quinn’s research university clients. Cam is a founding member of McAllister & Quinn’s Research Universities Practice and is instrumental in developing and tailoring the company’s client servicing approach for research universities. Cam works with university leadership, government relations personnel, research development support staff, research administrators, and researchers to grow, develop, diversify, and future-proof their research and development funding portfolios. Cam’s primary roles are to serve as the primary point of contact for McAllister & Quinn’s research university clients and to guide the Practice’s managing directors and research analysts with their development and delivery of strategic intelligence, capacity-building support, and research development support. Cam also leads many of the Practice’s government relations support engagements. Cam regularly engages with key Capitol Hill and federal agency stakeholders and has experience developing successful appropriations and authorization requests. Cam has also successfully supported clients for multimillion-dollar grant awards from a range of federal agencies, including the Department of Defense, United States Department of Agriculture, and the National Science Foundation.
Prior to joining McAllister & Quinn, Cam worked as a Senior Business Development Associate at OpenWater, Inc. At OpenWater, he led marketing campaigns and provided software consulting to media companies and trade associations. Cam also conducted biophysics research at Harvard University’s Berg Laboratory and neuroscience research at Newcastle University’s Institute of Neuroscience in the United Kingdom. As a result, Cam is well-versed in systems neuroscience, electrophysiology, immunohistochemistry, and gene editing.
Cam holds a B.A. in neurobiology and a minor in energy & environment from Harvard University. He is currently pursuing an M.B.A. from Johns Hopkins University and is on track to graduate in Spring 2024.
Affiliations and Awards
- Agency for Science, Technology and Research (2015)
- Grant Award: Singapore International Pre-Graduate Award (SIPGA)
- Grant Award: Singapore International Pre-Graduate Award (SIPGA)
- British Neuroscience Association: Festival of Neuroscience (2015)
- Poster Presentation: “Acute exposure to NMDA receptor antibodies reduces gamma-frequency oscillation power in entorhinal cortex in vitro”
- Poster Presentation: “Acute exposure to NMDA receptor antibodies reduces gamma-frequency oscillation power in entorhinal cortex in vitro”
- The Lancet Neurology Autoimmune Disorders Conference (2015)
- Poster Presentation: “Acute exposure to NMDA receptor antibodies reduces gamma-frequency oscillation power in entorhinal cortex in vitro”
- Poster Presentation: “Acute exposure to NMDA receptor antibodies reduces gamma-frequency oscillation power in entorhinal cortex in vitro”
- National Organization of Research Development Professionals Conference (2019)
- Poster Presentation: “Benefits of Participation on Federal Advisory Committees: Building Your Institution’s Research Enterprise”
- Poster Presentation: “Benefits of Participation on Federal Advisory Committees: Building Your Institution’s Research Enterprise”
- National Organization of Research Development Professionals Conference (2021)
- Poster Presentation: “Funding Diversification: Research Development Best Practices”