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Panel Discussion
University of PennsylvaniaApril 16th, 2019
Life After Academic Medicine: Exploring Careers in Biopharma
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Objectives
Provide diverse perspectives on scientific career opportunities in the biopharmaceutical industry
Panel includes physicians and scientists representing:– Discovery– Translational Medicine– Biomarkers– Late Development
Panel will briefly tell you their stories
Panel mostly here to answer your questions
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My Background
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Medical School at University of Chicago
Residency in Internal Medicine at UCSF
Assistant Professor on CE track at Penn 1997 - 2005
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Important Steps along the Way
Clinician Educator in DGIM at 9 Penn Tower Internist
Connected with research mentors
Got K-23 award & started MSCE
Wrote grants & papers & saw patients in lipid clinic
Worked in early development CV/Metabolism at Wyeth
Worked at Centocor/J&J in late development Immunology
Now working in Lung Cancer Initiative focused on prevention, early detection and cure of early stage disease
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Navin Rao, PhDSenior Scientific Director (Simple Biologist)Immunology Discovery
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My Career “Path”
• Cladistics, Smithsonian • Undergraduate Evolutionary
Biology, University of Puget Sound• Introduced to Immunology at Yale • Ph.D. in Immunology, Harvard
University• Post-doc Janssen, La Jolla, CA• Scientist Janssen R&D, La Jolla CA
and now Springhouse, PA
“Diversity” of life, people & experiences
“Diversity” in the immune system
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Cal Monast, PhDAssociate DirectorImmunology Biomarkers
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Math
Engineering
Biology
Computational Biology
Drug Development
Started as a math major
Switched to chemical engineering
Took ONE biology class…
Realized I was bad at biology
Started at UPenn Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering PhD program
Joined a molecular and computational
biology lab
Joined Janssen as bioinformatician
Now I use all these skills!
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Cal’s Group at Janssen: Early GI Biomarkers
Develop computational and molecular tools to study drug mechanism of action in early clinical studies
– Does the drug reach the target tissue?– Does the drug engage the target?– Does target engagement affect the intended biological pathway?
Multi-disciplinary group: computational biologists and molecular biologists
Why?– Kill programs before running large clinical studies– Help choose a dose for future studies– Predict which patient populations might respond best
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Esi Lamousé, MD, PhD
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Key Takeaways
• Network with people outside of your current field
• Identify multiple mentors willing to guide you
• Follow scientific & health care trends: read & listen
• Be open to new ideas
• Get comfortable working in uncertain environments