Meet The Team

Founder & CEO
Ihor Terleckyj Ph.D
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30+ years experience in pharmaceutical industry
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VP-in-residence, Shifa Biomedical
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Executive Director, Matinas
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Director, GSK, Global Product Strategy

Scientific Advisor
Dr. Salim Merali, Ph.D.
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Co-founder, VTX-31 inventor
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Associate Dean of Research, Temple University
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Carnell Professor of Pharmacy, Temple University School of Pharmacy

Scientific and Medical Advisor
Dr. Lynne Johnson, MD
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Co-founder, Inventor VTX-4
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Professor of Medicine, Columbia University
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Internationally-renowned expert in RAGE research and clinical imaging

Scientific Advisor
Dr. Ying Sun, Ph.D.
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Research collaborator, developed GD mouse model
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Professor of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati Medicine, Columbia University
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Expert in genetic brain diseases

Head, Clinical Development
Douglass Greene, MD
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Former Chief Medical Officer, Sanofi-Aventis
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VP, Clinical Science Product Development, Merc
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Expert in diabetes basic science and clinical R&D

Scientific Advisor
Dr. Wayne Childers, Ph.D.
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Co-founder, Inventor VTX-31, VTX-GD
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Associate Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, Temple University School of Pharmacy
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Associate Director of the Moulder Center for Drug Discovery Research, Temple University School of Pharmacy
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Former Senior Scientist, Medicinal Chemistry, Wyeth-Ayerst Research

Scientific and Medical Advisor
Dr. Greg Grabowski, MD
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Professor Emeritus, Departments of Pediatrics, and of Molecular Genetics, Biochemistry, and Microbiology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
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Internationally-renowned expert in lysosomal disease including Gaucher
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Former CSO at Synageva and Kiniksa

Business Advisor
Ezra Felker, MBA
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Grants Park Advisors
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Former COO, VenatoRx
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VP, Operations at NuPath
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Entrepreneur-in-residence at BioAdvance