Jennifer Laird PhD, BSc

Jennifer Laird, Ph.D., D.Sc. is Senior Director, Search & Evaluation at Eli Lilly and Company, based at Lilly’s European Headquarters near London. The Search & Evaluation team complements Lilly’s internal R&D efforts by evaluating and in-licensing assets and technologies and by collaborating with external partners to advance molecules through discovery and development. Dr. Laird joined Lilly in 2012; prior to that, she spent 10 years at AstraZeneca as Executive Director heading the Translational Science department in Neuroscience and Project Director leading preclinical and early development projects. Dr. Laird received doctorates from Bristol University and University of Alicante, Spain, serves as an Editorial Board member of Neuropharmacology and European Journal of Pain and holds an honorary appointment as Profe