Jenna earned her Ph.D. in Cellular and Molecular Medicine from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and her B.S. in Biological Sciences: Neuroscience from the University of Rochester. Her PhD work investigated the role of key proteins in the cellular Unfolded Protein Response in models of lung cancer. Prior to Avoro, Jenna interned at …
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Karan Naik
Karan earned his MD from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and his MBA in Healthcare Management from the Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania, where he graduated with honors. He previously worked at McKinsey & Company in their life sciences practice, serving biopharma clients on R&D optimization, pipeline prioritization, and …
Stela Sota
Stela received her BSc in Biochemistry and Cell Biology from Jacobs University in Germany and earned her PhD from NYU School of Medicine. Her PhD involved investigating the innate immune response to intestinal viruses using organoids and several mouse models. Stela was a Business Development fellow with NYU’s Technology and Venture office focusing on out-licensing …
Mark Chin
Mark has 15 years of healthcare experience across venture capital, strategy consulting, business and corporate development. Prior to joining Avoro Ventures, Mark was a Managing Director at Arix Bioscience focused on private and public biotech investments. During his time at Arix, he sourced and led 10 private biotech investments resulting in 4 IPOs, 2 reverse …
Uya Chuluunbaatar
Uya has 15 years of healthcare experience across a range of functions including venture capital, public equity investing, technology transfer and academic research. Prior to joining Avoro Ventures in March 2022, Uya was a Principal at Amzak Health where she led private and public biotech investments. During her time at Amzak, Uya was involved in …
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