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Karen Lavery

Biologist and Drug Discovery Leader

Role
Chief Scientific Officer at Giving Strength Inc
Location
Franklin, MA, US
LinkedIn followers
500 followers
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About Karen Lavery

An accomplished, results-oriented biologist and drug discovery leader with 20+ years of industry experience. Proven ability to manage projects to successful outcomes and drive programs to key value-inflection milestones in diverse therapeutic areas and across a broad array of drug modalities. Adept at devising and implementing innovative R&D strategies that reflect both big picture thinking and an astute comprehension of critical details. A respectful and collaborative interdisciplinary team player, with expertise in disease model development, target identification and validation, lead generation and optimization, mechanism-of-action, efficacy, and translational, IND-enabling pharmacology studies. Recognized for high emotional intelligence and for applying well-developed interpersonal and management skills to guide, engage, and motivate highly productive teams committed to scientific excellence in fast-paced industry settings.

Experience

  1. Chief Scientific Officer

    Giving Strength Inc

    Feb 2024 — Present

Education

  • Penn State University

    Ph.D., Physiology

  • Smith College

    Bachelor's degree, Biology

  • MIT Sloan School of Management

    AI in Biotech and Pharma

    2023

Skills

  • Protein Chemistry
  • Lifesciences
  • Purification
  • R&D
  • Cell Biology
  • In Vitro
  • Cell Culture
  • Fluorescence
  • Transfection
  • Assay Development
  • Cell
  • Life Sciences
  • Molecular Biology
  • Laboratory Skills
  • Validation
  • Biochemistry
  • Biotechnology
  • Drug Discovery
  • Stem Cells
  • Research and Development (R&D)
  • Biomarker Discovery
  • Laboratory
  • Drug Development

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