About Us
Verve Therapeutics was created with a singular focus: to protect the world from cardiovascular disease
Our Mission
We are striving to build the preeminent company developing gene editing medicines to treat patients with cardiovascular disease, leveraging the expertise and capabilities of our team whose singular focus is on addressing the root causes of the world’s most common cause of death. Our goal is to disrupt today’s chronic care model for treating cardiovascular disease by providing a new therapeutic approach with single-course gene editing treatments.
Verve brings together multiple breakthroughs in 21st century biomedicine — human genetic analysis, gene editing, messenger RNA (mRNA) -based therapies and lipid nanoparticle (LNP) delivery — to realize a new future of longevity and vitality for tens of millions of people around the globe with or at risk for cardiovascular disease.
Verve Team
Verve has been purpose-built for the task ahead, with a team of world-leading experts in cardiovascular medicine, human genetics, gene editing, delivery technologies, drug development and commercialization.
Our Team
Felix Acheampong, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist, Mass Spectrometry
Gregory Ainsworth
Scientist, Analytical Development
Michael Amaonye
Associate Scientist, Editing & Discovery
Kieran Avery
Procurement Analyst
Kayla Back
Senior Research Associate, Analytics
Allison Baker, Ph.D.
Scientist, RNA Technology
Dan Balian
Senior Manager, Supply Chain Management
Allen Barrett
Director, Corporate Counsel
Victoria Bartlett, Ph.D.
Vice President, Program and Alliance Management
Aaron Beach
Director, Internal Quality Control
Holly Beatrice
Executive Assistant
Maggie Beaudoin
Vice President, Finance
Katie Berth
Senior Manager, Technology Transfer and Process Engineering
Joe Biedenkapp, Ph.D.
Vice President, Editing Development
Souvik Biswas, Ph.D.
Director, Chemistry and Formulation
Maurine Braun
Associate Director, Toxicology
Patrick Brehio
Associate Scientist, Editor Development
Sean Bridges
Research Associate, Editor Development
Helen Carr
Manager, Medical Writing
Derek Cerchione
Senior Scientist, Protein Engineering
Alexandra Chadwick, Ph.D.
Director, Editing and Discovery
Hareesh Chamarthi
Associate Principal Scientist, Computational Biology
Amanda Charlesworth
Manager, External Quality Control
Christopher J. Cheng, Ph.D.
Vice President, Process Development & RNA Technology
Victoria Clendaniel
Senior Research Associate, Preclinical Pharmacology
Alexandra Cok
Manager, External Quality Control
Jessie Colgan
Associate Director, External Manufacturing
Angela Cook
Senior Manager, Culture and Administration
Joel Cooper, Ph.D.
Senior Director, Toxicology
Liam Cornell, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist, Editing and Discovery
Pete Cotter
Associate Director, Analytical Development
James Cox
Associate Scientist, Analytical Development
Nicholas Cox
Associate Scientist, Formulation
Emily Cronin
Associate Director, Benefits
Yunxiang Dai, Ph.D.
Scientist II, Mass Spectrometry
Manashree Damle
Scientist II, Computational Biology
Kristopher Davis
Laboratory Operations Manager
Ishwin Dembla, M.S.
Senior Scientist, Analytics
Jamie DeNizio, Ph.D.
Associate Principal Scientist, Gene Editing
Joseph DePeter
Associate Principal Engineer, Process Development
Ankur Desai
Executive Director, Analytics
Jessica Diaz
Accounts Payable Associate
Alex DiMario
Associate Director, Logistics
Emily Donlon
Associate Director, IT Applications
Siobhan Donovan
Analyst, Quality Control
Andrew Dorsey
Process Engineer, Formulation
Kaitlin Duffy
Senior Director, Human Resources
Chaitali Dutta, Ph.D.
Associate Director, Preclinical Pharmacology
Robin Eisner
Sr. Manager, IT Applications
Yasser (Yas) El-Gamal, J.D.
Vice President, Legal Affairs and Chief Intellectual Property Counsel
Richard Falzone
Vice President, Clinical Operations
Anthony Federico, Ph.D.
Scientist II, Computational Biology
Greg Feinstein
Scientist, Formulation
Sydney Flannigan
Research Associate, Bioanalysis
Jacree Folkes
Help Desk Technician
Nicole Franaszek
Senior Research Associate, Analytics
Bharathi Gandi
Analyst II, Quality Control
Jack Ganey
Associate Scientist, Editing and Discovery
Soumya Gangopadhyay, Ph.D.
Associate Principal Scientist, Bioanalysis
Sara Garcia, Ph.D.
Associate Director, Computational Biology
Ryan Garrity
Associate Scientist, Preclinical Pharmacology
Kevin Gichuru
Senior Manager, Accounting
Michael Gilman
Associate Principal Engineer, Process Development
Zachary Glass, Ph.D.
Scientist II, Formulation
Angela Gleason
Manager, Internal Quality Assurance
Kasey Goon
Associate Scientist, Bioanalysis
Matthew Greenfield
Director, Facilities and Lab Operations
Yongli Gu
Scientist II, Bioanalysis
Maryam Habibian, Ph.D.
Director, Discovery Chemistry
Robin Hall
Associate Director, External Quality Assurance
Peter Hallock, Ph.D.
Director, Editing and Discovery
Christina Hao, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist, Next Generation Sequencing
Erin Hood
Senior Contracts Specialist
Christopher Huang
Manager, Metrology, Quality Control
Yanlin Huang
Payroll Manager
Ivan Ivanov
Scientist II, Editor Development
Paris James
Senior Research Associate, RNA Technology
Hari Jayaram, Ph.D.
Vice President, Editing and Discovery
Chelsey Jensen
Director, Clinical Operations
Yang Jiao, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist, Editing and Discovery
Christopher Johnson
Manager, External Quality Control
Stephen Johnson, Ph.D.
Director, Patent Prosecution
Morgan Jones
Senior Director, Business Development and Corporate Strategy
Natalie Jordan
Associate Director, Program Management
Verena Karsten, Ph.D.
Senior Director, Clinical Scientist
Lisa Kasiewicz, Ph.D.
Associate Principal Scientist, Formulation
Zunera Khan
Research Associate, gRNA Technology
Amit Khera, M.D.
Vice President, Genomic Medicine
Albert Kim
Senior Research Associate, mRNA Technology
Jaime Kirk
Controller
Sunita Kumar
Director, External Quality Assurance
Jeong-Ah Kwon
Scientist II, Analytics
David Landry
Senior Manager, External Quality Assurance
Nick Laschkewitsch
Senior Research Associate, Process Development
Jennifer Lavoie
Director, CMC Project Management
Seka Lazare, Ph.D.
Associate Director, Next Generation Sequencing
Anson Le
Research Associate, Analytics
Jay Lee
Associate Director, Financial Planning and Analysis
Richard Lee, Ph.D.
Senior Director, Preclinical Pharmacology and Translational Medicine
Jay Leipheimer
Scientist, RNA Technology
Dayna LeSueur, Pharm.D., M.S.
Associate Director, Regulatory Affairs
Amy Li
Clinical Trial Specialist
Jeffrey Li
Scientist, Editing and Discovery
Jamie Lowther
Engineer, Process Development
Bryan MacDonald, Ph.D.
Director, Pharmacology and Toxicology
Luis Macias, Ph.D.
Scientist, Mass Spectrometry
James Madsen, Ph.D.
Director, Mass Spectrometry
Padma Malyala
Vice President, Formulation and Analytical Development
Jessica Mangano
Senior Engineer, Process Development
Christopher Manoogian
Associate Director, Laboratory, Quality Control
Manini Mantri
Senior Research Associate, Preclinical Pharmacology
Yuri Matsumoto, Ph.D.
Associate Director, Bioanalysis
Morgan Mayfield
Senior Process Engineer, Formulation
Anne Marie Mazzola
Study Manager, Preclinical Pharmacology and Toxicology
Lisa McCurley
Director, Regulatory Operations
Emma Mei
Senior Accountant
Jeffrey Meltzer
Vice President, Quality
Christos Miliotis, Ph.D.
Scientist, Editor Development
Kim Milliken
Senior Director, Regulatory CMC
Harlisa Minaya-Ebai
Manager, Human Resources
Lauren Mineo
Administrative Manager
Taiji Mizoguchi, Ph.D.
Associate Principal Scientist, Preclinical Pharmacology
Jeffrey Molles
Senior Director, Clinical Data Management
Danielle Montt
In Vivo Study Coordinator
Caitlin Moreno
Senior Manager, Environmental, Health and Safety
Kate Morneault
Senior Manager, SEC Reporting and Technical Accounting
Sagar Mudshinge, Ph.D.
Scientist, Discovery Chemistry
Maria Murray
Receptionist and Administrative Office Associate
Abigail Muscat
Research Associate, Next Generation Sequencing
Ash Nagpal
Associate Principal Engineer, Formulation
Robyn Naigles
Human Resources Specialist
Namrata Nammi
Scientist, Analytics
Yusuf Nasrullah
Scientist, Editing and Discovery
Oshoname Olorife
Associate Scientist, Preclinical Pharmacology
Alline Pacheco, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist, Editing and Discovery
Dylan Pariseau
Senior Research Associate, Analytical Development
Johnathan Petit
External Quality Assurance Associate
Brittney Pierson
Scientist II, Biophysical Characterization
Colin Platt, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist, Bioanalysis
Brent V. Powell, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist, Discovery Chemistry, Guide RNA
Hoda Rajabi
Scientist, Next Generation Sequencing
Kallanthottathil G. Rajeev, Ph.D.
Vice President, CMC
Pratik Randeria, Ph.D.
Director, Process Development
Matthew Redihan
Staff Accountant
Caroline Reiss, Ph.D.
Associate Principal Scientist, RNA Technology
Huilan Ren
Scientist, Formulation
Jennifer Robinson
Vice President, Investor Relations and Corporate Communications
Ellen Rohde, Ph.D.
Vice President, Preclinical Pharmacology and Toxicology
Leocadia Ruiz
Senior Director, External Quality Control
Chloe Salisbury
Quality Assurance Associate
Shanelle Samuels
Senior Research Associate, Next Generation Sequencing
Ivan Sandler
Director, External Manufacturing
Athul Sanjeev
Senior Research Associate, RNA Technology
Ryan Santos
Research Associate, Editing and Discovery
Matthew Schmidt, Pharm.D.
Director, Regulatory Affairs
Zoe Schumacher
Administrative Coordinator
Derek Sethachutkul
Senior Director, External Manufacturing
Estela Shabani, Ph.D.
Scientist II, Editing and Discovery
Wynn Shatzer
Engineer, Process Development
Monica Shaughnessy
Manager, Regulatory Affairs
Jax Shay
Associate Scientist, Analytical Development
Andrew Sheely
Executive Director, Information Technology
Michael Shen
Research Associate, Process Development
Leya Siddiqui
Senior Research Associate, Analytics
David Sinnott
Quality Assurance Auditor
Luke Spence
Associate Director, IT Operations
Srinidhi Sridhar
Scientist, Editing and Discovery
Dhinesh Kannan Srinivasan Kamalakkannan
Senior Research Associate, Bioanalysis
Mary Stahley, Ph.D.
Director, Process Development
Mila Stanojevic
Senior Research Associate, Analytics
Nikolas Steege
Research Associate, Analytics
Casey Stevens, Ph.D.
Scientist II, Process Development
Ryan Stoeckel
Director, Procurement
Lynnsey Street
Scientist, Process Development
Vidya Subramanian, Ph.D.
Associate Director, Discovery Technology Development
Cody Suliveras-Jardine
Senior Sample Inventory Associate
Pradeep Tangallapally
Senior Analyst, Quality Control
William Tien-Street
Automation Engineer, Next Generation Sequencing
Eric Tillotson
Senior Engineer, Process Development
Kamaala Townshend
Accounts Payable Manager
Scott Vafai, M.D.
Vice President, Translational Medicine
Marina Varlamova
CMC Senior Project Manager
Kui Wang, Ph.D.
Associate Principal Scientist, RNA Technology
Carina Nyberg Washington
Executive Assistant
Kevin Weaver
Engineer, Process Development
Meghan Weinreb
Associate Director, Internal Quality Assurance
Chris Welch
Director, External Manufacturing
Francis Wong
Scientist, Editing and Discovery
Yue (Alex) Wu, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist, Computational Biology
Nolan Yu
Senior Director, Financial Planning & Analysis
Leadership
Andrew Ashe, J.D.
President and Chief Operating Officer
Andrew Bellinger, M.D., Ph.D.
Chief Scientific Officer and Chief Medical Officer
Julia Chapman
Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategy & Planning
Allison Dorval
Chief Financial Officer
Sekar Kathiresan, M.D.
Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Board Member
Troy Lister
Senior Vice President, Research
Joan Nickerson
Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Facilities
Jason Politi
Senior Vice President, Technical Operations
Leslie Stolz, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
Founders
Burt Adelman, M.D.
Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board
J. Keith Joung, M.D., Ph.D.
Co-Founder
Sekar Kathiresan, M.D.
Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Board Member
Kiran Musunuru, M.D., Ph.D., MPH
Co-Founder and Senior Scientific Advisor
Anthony Philippakis, M.D., Ph.D.
Co-Founder and Scientific Advisory Board Member
Issi Rozen, MBA
Co-Founder and Strategic Advisor
Barry Ticho, M.D., Ph.D.
Co-Founder
Scientific Advisory Board
Eugene Braunwald, M.D.
Scientific Advisory Board Member
Andrew Geall, Ph.D.
Scientific Advisory Board Member
Penny M. Heaton, M.D.
Scientific Advisory Board Member
Kiran Musunuru, M.D., Ph.D., MPH
Co-Founder and Senior Scientific Advisor
Anthony Philippakis, M.D., Ph.D.
Co-Founder and Scientific Advisory Board Member
Daniel J. Rader, M.D.
Scientific Advisory Board Member
Board of Directors
Burt Adelman, M.D.
Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board
Lonnel Coats
Board Member
Bo Cumbo
Board Member
Sekar Kathiresan, M.D.
Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Board Member
Michael MacLean
Board Member
Sheila Mikhail, J.D., MBA
Board Member
Krishna Yeshwant, M.D., MBA
Board Member
Collaborations and Licensing
Verve has in-licensed a portfolio of gene editing and delivery technologies through strategic collaborations and licensing agreements with industry leaders, including Beam Therapeutics, the Broad Institute, Harvard University and Acuitas Therapeutics, Inc.
Through independent development of our capabilities and new technologies, Verve has established deep expertise in the research and development of gene editing medicines. We seek out and are open to exploring additional opportunities where these capabilities and our expertise can be applied to new strategic collaborations and programs.
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