Chikwendu Ibebunjo
Translational In vivo pharmacologist
- Role
- Senior Investigator, Musculoskeletal Diseases at Novartis
- Location
- Cambridge, MA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Chikwendu Ibebunjo
An in-vivo pharmacologist in the pharmaceutical industry with over 15 years of experience…
Experience
Senior Investigator, Musculoskeletal Diseases
Dec 2007 — Present
Provide strategic guidance to select and align preclinical models/readouts of skeletal muscle diseases with potential clinical muscle indications and endpoints• Supervise development, validation and application of preclinical models and endpoints of skeletal muscle dysfunction due to age (sarcopenia), disuse, denervation, cancer (cachexia), excessive glucocorticoids, metabolic dysfunction and mitochondrial pathology • Lead teams working on low molecular weight and biologics projects including providing strategic guidance on preclinical to clinical translation, and facilitating multidisciplinary activities to advance drug candidates from early exploratory phases towards clinical trials• Supervise in-vivo laboratory supporting multiple low molecular weight and biologics projects with pharmacokinetic, pharmacodynamics, efficacy and safety studies • Facilitate best in-vivo practices, regulatory compliance and efficient use of in-vivo resources across the organization
Education
Harvard Medical School - Massachusetts General Hospital
Post-Doctoral Training
McGill University
Post-Doctoral Training
University of Nigeria
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (D.V.M)
University of Cambridge
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Skills
- Target Validation
- Biopharmaceuticals
- Leadership
- Preclinical Modeling
- Drug Discovery
- Skeletal Muscle
- Strategic Planning
- Pharmaceutical Industry
- Translational Pharmacology
- Target Identification
- Life Sciences
- In-Vivo Pharmacology
- Pharmacology
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