Heywood Umanoff, Ph.D.

Dr. Umanoff’s practice focuses on the biological sciences, including the fields of biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology, immunology, toxicology and epidemiology.  He has over seventeen years of law firm experience working as a scientific analyst, reviewing, explaining and summarizing research relevant to attorney, client and outside expert needs.  He has extensive experience in implementing scientific literature search strategies and the utilization of database software for searching, accessing and cataloguing scientific literature. Dr. Umanoff’s doctoral work combined biochemical and molecular biological techniques in order to elucidate aspects of heme biosynthesis in E. coli. His postdoctoral work in molecular genetics focused on the utilization of gene targeting methods to generate mouse models for understanding normal and cancer-related gene function. Following his formal training, Dr. Umanoff worked in the biotechnology industry for over ten years, where he conducted basic cancer and drug development research.