Tom Rush

About Tom Rush

I am a collaborative leader-scientist with a passion for technology and its impact on healthcare. I have over 25 years of industry experience in genetics, drug discovery, translational sciences, and clinical development, with a strong emphasis in automation, machine learning and imaging. During my career I have personally contributed to many development candidates, IND’s and marketed products across several disease areas, most notably oncology and immunology. I hope to continue to bring my holistic and technology-centric experiences to the creation of new R&D strategies aimed at transforming the way we approach drug discovery. The world needs it!

Experience

1. Associate Vice President, Quantitative Biosciences - West Point Pa and Singapore

   Merck

   Feb 2026 — Present

Education

• University of Oregon

  PhD, Physical Biochemistry

  1991 — 1995

• Stockton University

  B.S., Chemistry

  1987 — 1991

• Princeton University

  NIH Biomedical Research Fellow, Biomedical Research

  1995 — 1998

Skills

• Pk/Pd
• Computational Chemistry
• Oncology
• Corporate Education
• Cheminformatics
• Six Sigma
• Chemistry
• Pharmaceutical Industry
• Structural Biology
• Life Sciences
• Clinical Development
• High Throughput Screening
• Molecular Biology
• Change Management
• Lead Change
• Virtual Screening
• Drug Development
• Biotechnology
• Molecular Modeling
• Biomarkers
• Drug Discovery
• Pharmacology
• Bioinformatics
• Pharmacokinetics
• Laboratory Automation