Jan Smith BSc, PhD

Jan is an experienced molecular pharmacologist with a focus in small molecule drug discovery across diverse target classes and therapeutic areas including CNS, gastrointestinal and respiratory diseases. She has 20 years of research and development experience from Theravance, and prior to that, Roche, leading the advancement of several novel drug candidates through discovery into early clinical Phase 1/2 development. Jan conducted postdoctoral research at the University of California, Irvine and at the Sandoz Institute for Medical Research, London, U.K.

Jan has authored over 30 publications in peer-reviewed journals. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge, U.K. and her bachelor's degree in biochemistry from the University of Bath, U.K.