Laura Davis Email & Phone Number

Laura Davis is an early stage investor who is interested in helping entrepreneurial life scientists translate their work from the bench to the marketplace. Dr. Davis did her graduate training at Rockefeller University, and her postdoctoral work at the Whitehead Institute, where she was a Helen Hay Whitney Fellow and a Lucille P Markey Scholar. As a Howard Hughes Assistant Investigator at Duke University Medical School and later at the Rosenstiel Center at Brandeis University, she oversaw an active laboratory using molecular genetics to study cellular function and authored numerous publications. She has served on several NIH and NSF grant review committees, and as a reviewer for numerous scientific journals. She has taught genetics and cell biology to undergraduate, graduate and medical students, and was also involved in teaching molecular biology to the Knight science journalism Fellows at MIT. Dr. Davis is currently a managing director of Golden Seeds, an angel investor group focusing on women-owned, women-led companies that provides early stage and growth capital across all sectors to women entrepreneurs.In addition to her professional experience, Dr. Davis has been active in the Newton Public Schools for many years, and is also an avid rower. She serves on the Board of Directors for Community Rowing Inc.

Listed skills include Life Sciences, Entrepreneurship, Management, Strategy, and 5 others.