In my role as Deputy Scientific Director at the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, I support the Scientific Director in overseeing the scientific strategy, operations, and research priorities across the global research community of the Institute. I work closely with Branch directors and investigators to facilitate collaboration, promote scientific excellence and ensure alignment with the Institute’s mission. I also serve as Director of Communications, where I lead the overall communications strategy for the Ludwig community, encompassing both the Institute laboratories and the network of Ludwig Centers. In this capacity, I oversee external and internal communications, scientific storytelling, media relations and strategic messaging to amplify Ludwig’s accomplishments.

I received my bachelor’s and master’s degrees in biophysics from the University of Quebec, Canada, and earned my PhD in molecular biology from Boston University. I completed postdoctoral training at the Oncology Center at Johns Hopkins in the laboratories of Bert Vogelstein and Ken Kinzler (now the Ludwig Center at Johns Hopkins), studying the molecular genetics of colorectal cancer.

I later served as a principal investigator in the intramural program of the National Institutes of Health, where I led an ovarian cancer research laboratory, and as an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Pathology at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. I subsequently held senior leadership roles at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) and, most recently, as Executive Director of Strategic Alliances at the Abramson Cancer Center at the University of Pennsylvania, where I advanced academic–industry collaborations to accelerate cancer drug development.

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