NWRC Research Scientists: Dr. Sarah Hibbs-Shipp, PhD
Dr. Sarah Hibbs-Shipp is the Technology Transfer Manager and leader of the Regulatory Support Services Unit at the National Wildlife Research Center (NWRC). Prior to joining the NWRC, she was the Director of Communications for Colorado State University’s (CSU) STRATA, the technology transfer unit supporting the CSU system.
During this time, Sarah ran and facilitated numerous educational initiatives, outreach programs, and symposia about intellectual property, technology transfer, and company startup activities. She worked with faculty and student inventors to effectively showcase and market their innovations and managed external communications to include press releases, social media, and the CSU STRATA website. Sarah’s technology transfer experience built upon 14 years of work in the pharmaceutical and cosmetic research world, managing dermatology-focused Phase I-IV human clinical trials and numerous efficacy/claim substantiation cosmetic studies.
Support Unit
The Regulatory Support Services Unit (RSSU) serves personnel at the NWRC, within Wildlife Services, and broadly within APHIS. There are four distinct regulatory compliance and facilitation components within the RSSU – technology transfer, registration, safety, and quality assurance.
Areas of Expertise
- Product Development – safety, efficacy, claim substantiation, labeling, study design, commercialization, intellectual property
- Project Management
- Quality Assurance (research, GCP/GLP)
- Nutrition Science/Public Health
Projects/Associated Work
- Available APHIS Technologies: FLC | Search FLC Business (federallabs.org) (select PORTFOLIOS, search USDA – APHIS)
- Technology Transfer Annual Report : USDA ARS (includes all USDA technology transfer activities)
- USDA APHIS | Technology Transfer (NWRC website page)
Education
- M.S. & Ph.D., Nutrition Science (Human/Chronic Disease/Public Health), Colorado State University
- B.A., Biology, Grinnell College
Publications
Sarah K Hibbs-Shipp - Google Scholar
Contact
Sarah Hibbs-Shipp, PhD
Unit Leader & Technology Transfer Manager
Email: Sarah.Hibbs-Shipp@usda.gov
Phone: 970-266-6048
4101 Laporte Ave
Fort Collins, CO, 80521