It was a job I could see working at for 10 years. As we have discussed earlier that her biographical information is not mentioned anywhere we also dont know what is her age and when was she born. Immediately taken in by the prospect of changing the world and making healthcare more accessible, she gave the recruiter her resume. According to The Dropout podcast on which the Hulu series is based, Erika was a senior at UC Berkeley when she first heard about Theranos. Cheung has previously described her harrowing experience at Theranos in an HBO documentary and more recently a TED talk. He resigned from Theranos soon after and would become one of the company's biggest whistleblowers, at just 22 years old. Although in his last years, George and Tyler Shultz did not see eye-to-eye over Theranos, the pair eventually reconciled. Erika Cheung Cheung worked as a Research Assistant at the UCSF Medical Center from 2012 to 2013, according to her LinkedIn profile. Almost immediately Erika got an interview and by October 2013, she was working a lab assistant, processing patient samples. Oftentimes projects like this do more harm than good because people are hyper-focused on the goal and less how to achieve it, which can lead to damage to the world at large. (An earlier version of this item misspelled his name as Schultz.). She hopes to help teach people about what to do when faced with a challenging ethical situation. They worked at the start-up in 2013 and 2014. She ended up quitting her job and reported her concerns to regulators. This account is covered in the book Bad Blood by John Carreryrou, 60 Minutes, ABC Podcast: The Drop Out, and Alex Gibneys documentary The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley. The response? Erika Cheung has a bachelors degree in Molecular and Cell Biology. Ramesh Balwani, known as Sunny, was Theranoss president and chief operating officer from 2009 through 2016 and was in a romantic relationship with Holmes. At her house, the well-known entrepreneur has a pet cat. Whistleblower Erika Cheung (left) and law firm partner Mary Inman at the Forbes 30 Under 30 Summit. WebWhistleblower Erika Cheung (left) and law firm partner Mary Inman at the Forbes 30 Under 30 Summit Doug Coombe Erika Cheung, a Theranos whistleblower, believes the Incorporating ethics from the beginning for all employees can also help pour cold water on the trope of the visionary founder who can do no wrong, says Mary Inman, partner at law firm Constantine Cannon who has more than 20 years of experience representing whistleblowers, who she describes as the original disruptors., There becomes an ego, sort of almost that youre immortal, that youre changing the world, so therefore you dont have to worry about trivial things like ethics, she said. She graduated from UC Berkeley with a dual degree in cellular and molecular biology and linguistics. Erika Cheung Read our revised Privacy Policy and Copyright Notice. Children's Hospital Los Angeles Location She was poised to graduate with a degree in molecular and cell biology when Erika ran across Theranos at a campus career fair.
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