Alissa Sheils is a Senior Scientist at Amgen Inc. She has over 20 years of experience in assay development and laboratory automation. She is currently a part of Amgen's Biological and Structural Relevance group, involved in the development and the transfer of bioassays. In her previous roles at Pfizer and Sanofi/Genzyme, she developed and automated low to high-throughput screening assays in Drug Discovery Research. Alissa holds a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from Boston University.