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Advise clients on strategy and tactics for discovery and early clinical development programs, including target selection and validation, lead optimization, in vitro assay development, in vivo models, translational PK/PD and biomarker plans, IND-enabling studies, early clinical development plans, regulatory submissions and peer-reviewed publications..

New York, NY, US

New York, New York, US

Cleveland, Ohio, US

Rahway, New Jersey, US

Managed a group of ~30 scientists, including 10 Ph.D. scientists, responsible for neuroscience discovery efforts at the Kenilworth, NJ site. Oversaw a $3 million budget.Led discovery and early clinical development teams that delivered BACE inhibitors for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease (e.g. verubecestat [MK-8931], Ph 3) and A2A antagonists for the.

Kenilworth, New Jersey, US

Held positions of increasing responsibility, ultimately managing a group of ~40 scientists (including 8 Ph.D. scientists) engaged in drug discovery in the neuroscience, metabolic disease and oncology therapeutic areas. Oversaw a $1-2 million budget.Led discovery and early clinical development teams for the NK1 antagonist rolapitant (VarubiTM), which is.

Lawrence Township, NJ, US

Successfully cloned and expressed drug discovery targets and developed high throughput screening assays for these targets. Member of the team that discovered the anti-migraine agent avitriptan, which reached Ph 3 clinical trials.Initiated and led a collaborative obesity drug discovery effort involving the Neuroscience and Metabolic Disease groups.

Ph.D., Pharmacology

Bachelor’S Degree, Pharmacy