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Drug Discovery

David J. Aldous, PhD (Chair)

Head, Global R&D Processes and Operations 

Sanofi
Danyelle M. Townsend, PhD (Co-Chair)

Professor, Drug Discovery and Experimental Therapeutics 
Director, Analytical Redox Biochemistry 

Medical University of South Carolina
Seena K. Ajit, PhD

Professor, Pharmacology & Physiology 
College of Medicine

Drexel University
Craig T. Basson, MD, PhD

Chief Medical Officer

Bitterroot Bio, Inc.
Luke H. Bradley, PhD

Professor & Acting Chair 
Dept. of Neuroscience 
College of Medicine 

University of Kentucky
Allan R. Brasier, MD

Senior Associate Dean
Clinical and Translational Research
School of Medicine and Public Health

University of Wisconsin
Elizabeth M. Byrnes, PhD

Professor & Associate Chair
Dept. of Comparative Pathology
Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine

Tufts University
Raymond Evers, PhD

Global Lead, Translational DMPK Sciences 

The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson
Kevin Guckian, PhD

Medicinal Chemist

Biogen
Maire Fiona Jung, PhD

Vice President & CSO, RNA 

Eli Lilly & Company
Michy P. Kelly, PhD

Associate Professor 
Dept. of Anatomy & Neurobiology 
Center for Research on Aging 
School of Medicine 

University of Maryland
Fernanda Laezza, MD, PhD

Professor & Graduate Program Director 
Dept. of Pharmacology & Toxicology 

University of Texas Medical Branch
Alastair Lawson, PhD

Vice President and Senior Fellow

UCB
Frank Lee, PhD

Vice President, Biology

Angex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Erika Mathes Lisabeth, PhD

Assistant Professor & Director 
Assay Development & Drug Discovery Core 
Dept. of Pharmacology and Toxicology 

Michigan State University
Dittee Lovatt, PhD

Formerly at Merck

Consultant
Yves A. Lussier, MD, FAMIA FACMI

Professor and Chair
Dept. of Biomedical Informatics

University of Utah
Gerald Nabozny, PhD

Highly Distinguished Research Fellow

Boehringer Ingelheim
Nicholas Pullen, PhD

Chief Scientific Officer 

ARTBIO
Gary O. Rankin, PhD

Vice Dean for Basic Sciences
Professor and Chair, Dept. of Biomedical Sciences
Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine

Marshall University
Jonathan Sockolosky, PhD

Senior Director 
CSO Partner Team

Curie Bio
Jeremy Travins, PhD

Director of Chemistry
Drug Discovery Sciences

Takeda
Alex Tropsha, PhD

Professor
Division of Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry
Adjunct Professor
Depts. of Biomedical Engineering and Computer Science

Univeristy of North Carolina
Scott A. Waldman, MD, PhD

Professor & Chair 
Dept. of Pharmacology, Physiology & Cancer Biology 
Director, MD/PhD Program 

Thomas Jefferson University
Jun Wang, PhD

Professor 
Dept. of Medicinal Chemistry 
Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy 

Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
Wei Wang, PhD

Professor 
Dept. of Pharmacology & Toxicology 
Co-Director, Arizona Center for Drug Discovery 

University of Arizona
Maria Wilson, PhD

Executive Director, Project Team Leadership

Genentech
Megan Yao, PhD

Retired as VP of Oncology Translational  Medicine

Eli Lilly & Company