Innovators in Therapeutics Speaker Series with Dr. David Altshuler
March 24, 12:00pm ET
Virtual Event: Register now!
David Altshuler, MD, PhD
Executive VP, Global Research & CSO, Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Please join us for the Innovators in Therapeutics Speaker Series, an event that welcomes students and trainees in academia interested in learning about the challenges and successes of bringing novel drugs and devices to market. Our distinguished guest is Dr. David Altshuler, Executive Vice President, Global Research and Chief Scientific Officer at Vertex Pharmaceuticals.
Dr. Altshuler will discuss his career journey from academia to pharmaceutical industry, leadership and education, and how to structure organizations for serial innovation. Students and trainees are invited to come with questions and engage directly with the speaker.
About Our Guest
David Altshuler, M.D, Ph.D., is Executive Vice President, Global Research and Chief Scientific Officer at Vertex Pharmaceuticals. In this role, Dr. Altshuler leads Vertex internal and external innovation, inclusive of research, preclinical and pharmaceutical sciences, as well as corporate data strategy, technology, and engineering. He was founding chair of the Vertex Foundation, and serves as executive sponsor for Vertex University and STEAM Education.
Prior to Vertex, Dr. Altshuler was a Founding Core Member, Deputy Director and Chief Academic Officer at the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, a professor at Harvard Medical School and a physician at Massachusetts General Hospital. His academic laboratory led the three major projects that characterized and catalogued human genetic variation — the SNP Consortium, HapMap and 1,000 Genome Projects — and pioneered the methods and practice of genetic analysis of common human diseases. The Obama White House named Dr. Altshuler a Champion of Change for his leadership in creating and leading the Global Alliance for Genomic and Health.