Aaron Mercer
Senior Principal Scientist, External Innovation, Cardiovascular-Renal-Metabolic Diseases Research at Boehringer Ingelheim
- Role
- Senior Principal Scientist - Global External Innovation, Cardio-renal-metabolic Diseases Research at Boehringer Ingelheim
- Location
- New York, NY, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Aaron Mercer
Scientist with both a passion for and expertise in neuroscience and cardiometabolic disease, with a specific emphasis on obesity, MASH, CVD, sarcopenia, and CKD. I serve as the scientific lead and project manager on both internal and external therapeutic concept programs, encompassing full testing from early discovery to in vitro/in vivo proof-of-concept studies, with the goal of driving new therapies toward IND enablement.
Experience
Senior Principal Scientist - Global External Innovation, Cardio-renal-metabolic Diseases Research
Jan 2025 — Present · Ridgefield, CT, US
Discovery Research lead in partnership with Business Development & Licensing.• Internal and external evaluation of novel therapeutic concepts for the treatment of cardiometabolic indications: obesity, MASH, chronic kidney disease, cardiovascular disease, and sarcopenia.• Manage and lead external academic collaborations: disease understanding, novel mechanisms, exploratory portfolio replenishment.
Education
Colorado State University
B.S., Biological Science, Anatomy, Neuroscience
2002 — 2006
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Ph.D, Experimental Neuroscience
2006 — 2011
University of Michigan
Postdoctoral Fellowship, Molecular & Integrative Physiology
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