Jo Viney
Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer @ Seismic Therapeutic
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- Has taken 13 drugs to clinic over a 30-year career
- Founded Pandion Therapeutics in 2017 and served as President and Chief Scientific Officer until its acquisition by Merck for $1.85B in 2021
- Worked at Immunex, Amgen, and Biogen, where she served as senior vice president of the drug discovery organization
- Is an independent board director for Graphite Bio, Zag Bio, and Lab Central
- Named one of the 2023 Extraordinary Women Advancing Healthcare in Massachusetts by The Women's Edge
- Featured in Endpoints' 2019 Special Report on 20 Extraordinary Women, and in FiercePharma's 2020 Fiercest Women in Life Sciences
- Advocates for workplace inclusiveness and regularly volunteers with organizations focused on increasing diversity in STEM careers
- Served on the board of WEST, a non-profit organization supporting early to mid-career women, including as President 2017-18
- Holds a PhD in immunology from the University of London
- Earned a BSc (Hons) in biophysics from the University of East London
About Seismic Therapeutic
Seismic Therapeutic is a biotech company using machine learning to develop biologics for autoimmune diseases, with a focus on novel enzyme and antibody therapeutics.