PharmStars Ventures

Co-founder and Head Mentor at PharmStars and co-founder and general partner of PharmStars Ventures Fund. He is Managing Director of consulting firm Strategy Health and previously served as VP of Clinical Transformation at RxHealth and clinical transformation lead at Mount Sinai's AppLab. He earned his MD at Imperial College London.

Mentor Advisor and former Head of R&D Products of Digital Health at Takeda Pharmaceuticals. He was previously Head of Digital Health Products and Quality at Teva, and has held leadership roles at Intel and Perion. He now helps digital health startups with go-to-market and regulatory strategy.

Mentor Advisor with over 20 years of experience across pharmaceutical R&D, drug discovery services, healthcare technology, and PE-backed healthcare businesses. She is a Senior Advisor to multiple private equity firms and previously served as COO at Sygnature Discovery and in senior roles at IQVIA and GSK.

Mentor Advisor and healthcare technology leader with over 25 years of experience across AI, public health, and enterprise strategy. She is president and co-founder of AdirA LLC and CPTO at Health and Travel, and previously held senior roles at Merck including Chief Digital Officer of Health Services & Solutions.

Mentor Advisor and founder of Keystone Experience Initiative, a management consulting business. She worked at Eli Lilly and Company for over 30 years, most recently as Corporate Strategy Vice President, and is a founding member of the Google Health Partner Council.

Mentor Advisor and healthcare executive with 15+ years of clinical and industry experience. He was faculty at Brown University, worked at the Veterans Health Administration, joined Pack Health as SVP of Commercial, and is currently co-founder and partner at Taurus Health. He holds a PharmD from Massachusetts College of Pharmacy.

Advisory Board member and former SVP and CIO of Alexion Pharmaceuticals, with over 35 years of business, IT, and cybersecurity experience. He previously served as VP and business line CIO at Merck and sits on the boards of Charles River Laboratories and NCWIT.

Mentor Advisor with over 20 years of experience across large pharma and early-stage VC-backed ventures. Most recently VP of Corporate Strategy and Development at Evidation Health, she previously spent nearly two decades at Eli Lilly in commercial, manufacturing, and R&D roles.

Director of Alumni Programming at PharmStars with a PhD in genetics from Harvard Medical School and a career spanning academia, pharma, biotech, and nonprofit. She spent 15 years at BASF/Abbott, worked at RXi, and was Executive Director/CEO of the biotech nonprofit Addgene.

Director of Marketing at PharmStars, a microbiologist-turned-life science marketer with a PhD in microbiology from UT Austin. She founded a life science marketing consultancy and created the Joyful Microbe education platform.

Mentor Advisor and executive with deep clinical research expertise. She was Global VP of Clinical Innovation at Oracle Life Sciences, Chief Ecosystem Officer at Reify Health, and spent a 30-year career at Eli Lilly ending as Global Head, Clinical Innovation.

Mentor Advisor with a career in storytelling and communications. He was a Bloomberg reporter, led corporate communications at Johnson & Johnson, and founded the communications consultancy Mint Collective.

Mentor Advisor and pharmaceutical executive with over 30 years of experience in financial management and commercial operations. He is SVP, Commercial Excellence at Sumitomo Pharma America and President of OE Associates, with prior senior roles at Urovant Sciences and Astellas Pharma.

PharmStars' Program and Projects Manager with over 25 years of experience in organizational and professional development, focused on program development and implementation. She previously worked at Health Innovation Strategies and holds a BA in Psychology from Brown University.

Advisory Board member and Chief Executive of Emerge Inc., an advisory firm focused on business transformation. He was previously Chief Innovation Officer at Cambia Health Solutions and Chief Marketing Executive at Regence Blue Cross Blue Shield, and is an author and TED speaker.

Advisory Board member and the first Chief Innovation Officer at Children's Hospital Los Angeles, and founder and Managing Director of KidsX, a national pediatric digital health accelerator. He previously ran the Cedars-Sinai Accelerator powered by Techstars.

Mentor Advisor and founder and CEO of Viventi Advisors, helping rare disease founders test commercial assumptions. He spent five years at Alexion in commercial finance and Chief of Staff roles, with prior roles at Akcea, Gilead, and Intarcia. He is also an angel investor with Launchpad Venture Group.

Advisory Board member and Senior Director of Partnerships, Programming, & Community at LabCentral. She previously led the MassCONNECT mentoring program at MassBio and worked in international business development at the Consulate General of Canada in Boston.

Mentor Advisor and pharma executive with over 30 years of US and global experience. He held executive roles at Pfizer including Chief Medical Officer of two business units, served as CMO at Roivant and Sumitovant, and is currently CMO at MBX Biosciences. He holds an MD from Paris VI University.

Mentor Advisor and a pioneer in digital health innovation with nearly 20 years of experience. He is former Head of Global Digital Strategy at Bristol Myers Squibb and co-founder and Global Head of Open Innovation for the Novartis BIOME, and is part of the MIT Hacking Medicine team.

Mentor Advisor and health tech advisor and investor with leadership experience across biotech, pharma, and life sciences. He was SVP and Global Head of Digital Innovation at Sumitovant and Chief Analytics Officer at Healthfirst, with prior roles at Pfizer and Charles River Labs.

Mentor Advisor with over 20 years of business and technical experience across pharma, big tech, and digital health. She is currently Chief Business Officer at Portal Instruments, was Chief Commercial Officer at Beta Bionics, and VP of External Innovation for Devices, Delivery, and Digital Health at Eli Lilly. She holds a PhD from Stanford.

Special Advisor to PharmStars with over 15 years of experience across healthcare, pharma, and startups. He is Global Healthcare Industry Leader at Automation Anywhere, was Medical Director for Digital Medicine at Amgen, and Director of the Innovation & Advanced Technology Group at Kaiser Permanente. He holds an MD from UC San Diego and an MBA from UC Berkeley.