OMAHA, Neb. (November 1, 2015)—Amanda Hawley, PhD, has been promoted from intern to a full-time postdoctoral position as a licensing associate with UNeMed, the technology transfer and commercialization office at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.

“Dr. Hawley has been a great addition to the UNeMed family,” UNeMed president and CEO Michael Dixon said. “We knew pretty quickly after she started here that we wanted to keep her around for a long time. Her kind of talent, skills and energy don’t come along every day.”

The promotion and full-time status expands her role of evaluating, marketing, and seeking partnerships for new inventions, cures, treatments and medical devices developed at UNMC.

UNeMed’s mission is to help UNMC researchers, faculty and staff move innovations and ground-breaking discoveries beyond the laboratory and into the marketplace. Dr. Hawley joins UNeMed’s talented stable of licensing experts who work every day to advance UNMC’s new discoveries into the future cures and treatments that might one-day affect millions around the world.

“It’s a rewarding and stimulating position,” Dr. Hawley said. “With the new position, I feel a sense of peace and like I can make an impact.”

A native of Portland, Ore., Dr. Hawley is the daughter of Jay and Debbie Lakamp, and a 2004 graduate of Sunset High School. She went on to Western Oregon University in Monmouth for her biology degree in 2009. Dr. Hawley received her doctorate in cancer biology from UNMC in 2014.