Eileen H. McNamara

Eileen H. McNamara, PhD, currently serves as a Research Program Coordinator at Stanford University, starting in March 2024. Previously, Eileen was a Project Manager for the Cultivated Meat Modeling Consortium, where Eileen developed and oversaw project proposals, including the Bioreactor Evaluation Toolkit. Eileen's experience includes project management roles at Ohayo Valley and Mission Barns, focusing on stakeholder engagement, supply chain management, and regulatory processes. As a CAS Fellow, Eileen contributed to food security research, and prior roles involved pioneering traumatic brain injury research with the U.S. Department of Defense and mentorship of undergraduate researchers. Eileen holds a PhD in Neuroscience from Uniformed Services University and a BS in Neurobiology and Neurosciences from Wake Forest University.