Dr. Jamie Boehmer serves as a Managing Director and Team Leader for the Healthcare Practice Team at McAllister & Quinn, where she provides strategic support to clients in the healthcare sector. Specializing in the development of large, multi-component proposals, Jamie has over 25 years of experience in scientific research, research development, faculty coaching, and in coalescing and managing interdisciplinary research teams. In recent years, Jamie was instrumental in securing over $125 million in sponsored research funding from the NIH, NSF, CDC, USDA, HRSA, and DoD for faculty and clinical investigators in the healthcare arena.
Jamie has research experience in both the federal and higher education settings. She served as a Research Biologist at the FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine Office of Research, where she directed a proteomics-based biomarker research program focused on host-pathogen interactions, and as a Program Officer within the Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Research and Development, where she managed the pre-and post-award of the VA clinical trials, epidemiology, and infectious disease research portfolios. In the higher education sector, Jamie served as the Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies and as Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs within the University of Arizona College of Veterinary Medicine. Jamie also led a team of research development professionals and supported faculty in their pursuit of extramural funding in the biomedical, clinical, and health sciences during her tenure as the Executive Director for Biomedical, Clinical & Health Sciences Research Development at the University of Arizona.
Jamie has a B.S. in Animal Science from the University of Maryland and an M.S. in genetics from Virginia Tech. Jamie earned her Ph.D. in Animal Science (Biochemistry) from the University of Maryland, where her research focused on the use of proteomics-based mass spectrometry techniques to characterize host innate immune responses. Jamie currently resides in Shelbyville, Kentucky with her husband and four dogs, but is a native of the Washington Metropolitan Area. In her time away from work, Jamie raises and shows American Saddlebred horses.