Stephen Berasi

About Stephen Berasi

Dedicated Ph.D. cell and molecular biologist with extensive industry management and team leadership experience in drug discovery and development. Experience developing therapeutic area strategy and leading first and only in class drug programs, with a focus on large molecules, from project ideation and initiation through Phase 2. People manager with 19+ years of industry experience including directing a team of multiple Ph.D. level project and biology leaders across therapeutic areas, each commonly collaborating with top academic medical center teams. Directly led cross functional teams or managed team leaders with multiple successes including but not limited to 5 INDs, 4 FIHs, and multiple patents. Member of leadership team responsible for governance and strategic decision-making. Extensive experience presenting to governance and advisory committees, senior management, investigator meetings, clinical trial sites and PIs. Driven by novel therapeutic strategy development, target identification and validation, academic collaboration to accelerate hypothesis generation and drug discovery, and pre-clinical development to clinical selection, translation, and execution.Experience across a wide range of therapeutic indications from rare diseases including glomerular and cystic disease and pulmonary arterial hypertension, as well as broader chronic kidney disease, inflammatory diseases, fibrosis, musculoskeletal disorders, and tissue repair. Change agile with proven track record pivoting to multiple therapeutic and disease areas.High-energy and enthusiastic leader with broad scientific knowledge and interests. Proven skills in leading teams in an open and transparent manner that use data-driven decisions to advance or terminate discovery programs. Strong record of mentoring scientists of all levels and multiple postdoctoral fellows who all advanced their careers.Drug Development | Drug Discovery | Target Identification | Target Validation | Renal Disorders | BMP-TGFb | Mentoring | Large Molecule Therapeutics | Clinical Translation | Therapeutic Area Strategy| Team Leadership| Academic Collaboration | People Manager | Leadership Team |

Experience

1. Vice President Discovery Biology

   Ingenia Therapeutics

   Sep 2024 — Present · Watertown, MA, US

Education

• Tufts University School of Medicine

  PhD., Biochemistry

  1997 — 2003

• Boston College

  B.S., Biochemistry

  1992 — 1996

Skills

• Biochemistry
• High Throughput Screening
• Lifesciences
• Purification
• Protein Expression
• Biomarkers
• Pharmacology
• Cell Culture
• Chromatography
• Cell Biology
• Biotechnology
• Protein Purification
• Antibodies
• Clinical Development
• Monoclonal Antibodies
• Immunology
• Assay Development
• Pharmaceutical Industry
• In Vivo
• Cell
• Drug Development
• Immunoassays
• Biopharmaceuticals
• Elisa
• Protein Chemistry
• Target Identification
• Molecular Biology
• In Vitro
• Drug Discovery