OUR TEAM

Getting to the heart of the matter

A collaborative team of basic scientists and physician scientists with a focus on the patient is advancing the field of peptide engineering.

Board of Directors

SAB & Steering Committee

  • John C. Burnett Jr., MD

    Scientific Co-Founder and Chair of Scientific Advisory Board

  • Deepak L. Bhatt, MD MPH MBA FACC FAHA FESC MSCAI

    Principal Investigator and Scientific Advisory Board 

  • Nancy J. Brown, MD

    Scientific Advisory Board

  • Keith C. Ferdinand, MD FACC FAHA FASCP FNLA

    Scientific Advisory Board

  • Jay Edelberg, MD PhD

    Scientific Advisory Board

  • Horng H. Chen, MD

    Scientific Co-Founder and Scientific Advisory Board

  • S. Jeson Sangaralingham, MS PhD

    Scientific Advisory Board

  • Valentina Cannone, MD PhD

    Scientific Advisory Board

  • Janet T. Wittes, PhD

    BOLD-HTN Clinical Trial Steering Committee Member

  • Joel M. Neutel, MD

    BOLD-HTN Clinical Trial Steering Committee Member

Our Team

  • Jesse Crowne, MBA MPH

    Chief Executive Officer

  • Seetha R Iyer, MS

    Scientific Program Manager

  • David Smith, MD

    Clinical Operations and Medical Safety

  • Leslie O’Toole, BSN

    Clinical Operations

  • Elizabeth John, PhD

    Head of CMC and Regulatory

  • John Zhihua Zhang, MD PhD

    Head of Toxicology

  • Lucia Gonzalez

    Chief Financial Officer

  • Laura Hsu, Esq.

    Legal Counsel

  • Whitney McMullin

    Executive Admin

  • Enrique Ampudia

    Financial Analyst

  • Ana Mendez

    Chief Administrative Officer