Lei Zhao

MD, PhD, Executive Director, Cardiovascular/Metabolic & Obesity and related Complications (OaR), Precision Medicine, Amgen

Role: Executive Director at Amgen
Location: Princeton, NJ, US
LinkedIn followers: 500 followers

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About Lei Zhao

MD, PhD, Executive Director, Cardiovascular/Metabolic Diseases, Precision Medicine, Amgen; 19 years pharmaceutical industry experience (Amgen, BMS, Pfizer/Wyeth, J&J); proven track record of productivity in Translational/Precision Medicine & Development; expertise in human target validation, TE/PD, disease & patient stratification biomarkers development, reverse- & forward-translation, human disease deep-phenotyping (omics, non-invasive imaging, neo-epitope, luminex, machine learning, etc.) in Ph0 studies; in vivo pharmacology; leadership training from Columbia Business School, European Centre for Executive Development (CEDEP), Center for Creative Leadership (CCL); extensive experience managing Global Heart Failure Biomarker Consortium, industry-academia alliances & CROs, cross-function matrix teams & Translational Research annual budget execution. Strong track record of success in peer-reviewed publications.

Experience

Executive Director
Amgen
Jul 2024 — Present

Skills

Portfolio Management
Contract Negotiation
Rnaseq
Early Development
Budget Management
Molecular Biology
Global Client Management
Chinese
Translational Medicine
Drug Development
Matrix Management
Bilingual Communications
Networking
Proteomics
Skill Matrix
Research
Animal Models
Atherosclerosis
Publication
Cross-Functional Team Leadership
Timeline Management
Pharmaceutical Industry
Matrix Leadership
Life Sciences
Cardiovascular Imaging
Recruitent
Microsoft Powerpoint
Clinical Data Management
Public Speaking
Cell Biology
Pharmacology
Stakeholder Management
Drug Discovery
Scientific Writing
Clinical Biomarker
Biotechnology
Scientific Presentation
Contract Management
People Management
Biomarkers

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Current company

Amgen

Biotechnology Research · 10K employees · Founded 1980 · One Amgen Center Drive, Thousand Oaks, CA, 91320, US

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