Name: Glen James (he/him) PhD: Cancer Epidemiology & Public Health, Queen's University Belfast, 2012 What is your current job? I am a Senior Director & Research Scientist for Eli Lilly, working remotely and based in Boston, Massachusetts. I develop and execute research strategies using real world data to generate high impact real world evidence for key stakeholders (e.g. patients, payers, and healthcare professionals supporting Lilly assets across all therapeutic areas). What

Name: Francisco Santamarina (he/him) PhD: Public Policy and Management, University of Washington, 2023 What is your current job? I am a Research Analyst for the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee, based in Olympia, Washington. I conduct studies specified by the State Legislature to understand if a policy, law, or agency is functioning as expected. I use a mixture of methods, primarily qualitative, to understand and evaluate performance over the course of the study.

Name: Vicky Sherwood PhD: Molecular Virology, University of Nottingham, 2006 What is your current job? I am a Publications Manager for Merck, based in the United Kingdom. I oversee the medical communications for a phase II to phase III asset. What is your favorite thing about your job? I love knowing the work of my team has the potential to help a lot of patients improve their lives if the new therapy works. What is the most important skill you developed or experience you had

Name: Hannah Jacobs (she/her) PhD: Biology, MIT, 2025 What is your current job? I am an Associate for Safar Partners, based in Boston, Massachusetts. My job entails due diligence on companies, building investment memos, site visits, and screening companies. What is your favorite thing about your job? I can be myself with my colleagues, people seem happy, and I get to help founders trying to change the world. What is the most important skill you developed or experience you had

Name: Sayantan Chatterjee (he/him) PhD: Chemistry, Stanford University, 2023 What is your current job? I am a Scientist (Oligonucleotide Chemistry) for Korro Bio, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. I invent new chemistries to support Korro Bio’s oligonucleotide-based gene editing platform technology, including novel strategies to generate chemically modified nucleobases, sugar, and nucleic acid backbones. To achieve that, I operate modern automated oligo synthesizer instrumen

Name: Katrin Zaragoza Dörr (she/her) PhD: Molecular Biology, Humboldt University of Berlin, 2008 What is your current job? I am a Regulatory Medical Writer, Trainer and Mentor, CEO & Founder of Medrika Consulting S.L., based in Barcelona, Spain. I write documents with medical and scientific content related to clinical research, from the description of how a clinical trial has to be conducted (protocol) to the results of this clinical trial. Some content is highly strategic an

Name: Cam Watson (he/him) PhD: Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University College London, 2018 What is your current job? I am Chief of Staff for Nuclera, based in Cambridge, United Kingdom. In my job, I develop business strategy, identify markets to enter, build partnerships/collaborations for research and commercial teams, win funding from government and investors, and work with R&D to refine products based on market feedback. What is your favorite thing about your job? I lo