Mera Tilley PhD

Mera is a translational science expert at Foresite Capital. She leverages human biology to guide research and development of novel therapeutics. A genetic epidemiologist and human geneticist, Mera previously did a stint in the start-up world leading the Precision Medicine and Translational Genetics group at Goldfinch Bio. Prior to Goldfinch, she spent six years at Pfizer in roles across drug discovery, development, and medical affairs. Prior to Pfizer, she was at the National Human Genome Research Institute, where she developed new methods for analyzing rare variants in DNA sequence data to discover novel genetic causes of coronary artery disease. During her early career, she trained in a variety of fields, including molecular biology, bioinformatics, and science policy.