Jennifer Mataraza PhD

Jennifer Mataraza, PhD, is currently an Executive Director and Head at the Novartis Institutes of Biomedical Research, where she is leading several biologics programs Before Novartis. She held positions of increasing responsibility at CoStim Pharmaceuticals, Merck Research Laboratories, Schering Plough Research Institute, and Organon Biosciences. Dr Mataraza has drug discovery experience with targeted therapies and biologics ranging from early target discovery to IND filing in both autoimmune/inflammatory disease and oncology. Her areas of research interest and expertise include immunology, oncology, cell biology, cell cycle and signal transduction