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Experience

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  VP, Neuroscience

  Cassava Sciences, Inc.

  Mar 2019 - Present1 year 10 months

  Austin, Texas

  A PhD neuroscientist trained in behavioral neuroscience, addiction and pain processing, and neurodegenerative diseases including Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, ALS and Alzheimer's disease. Twenty years' industry experience including animal models, in vitro and ex vivo functional molecular pharmacology, toxicology and clinical trial planning. I have led an Alzheimer's disease therapeutic candidate from target discovery, med chem, lead optimization, IND-enabling toxicology to Phase 2…

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  VP, Neuroscience

  Pain Therapeutics, Inc.

  Jan 2002 - Mar 201917 years 3 months

  Austin, Texas Area

  Pain Therapeutics is now Cassava Sciences.