10-December-2012

In her new role at FaegreBD Consulting, Allison Durham is focusing on ways for the health and biosciences industry and colleges to collaborate on research, CQ Weekly reported.

"With the budget as it is," Durham said, "there's been a growing trend of collaborating between industry groups and different academic institutions."

CQ Weekly described Durham's early career as a research assistant for a lobbying firm, pursual of a master's degree in microbiology and immunology at Georgetown University, and health fellowship in the office of Republican Rep. Phil Gingrey of Georgia prior to her move to FaegreBD Consulting.