Graduate Programs in Biopharmaceutical Leadership

Program Coordinator

Stephen G. Sheehan
Formerly Senior VP of HR, Thermo Fisher Scientific/ Thermo Electron Corp
M.B.A., Northeastern University
B.A., Dickinson College

Program Faculty

Majda Benhayoun
Senior Director, Head of Clinical Operations at TB Alliance
Formerly Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Ph.D., Universite Paris-Nord, Biomedical Engineering

Kevin Coleman
Director, External Basic Research, Oncology at Merck
Ph.D., University of Michigan, Cellular and Molecular Biology
B.A., University of Connecticut

Jocelyn Dunphy
Director/ Human Resource Development at Draeger
Formerly P&G/ Gillette
Ph.D., Indiana University, Analytical Chemistry
M.A., Bowling Green State University
B.A., University of Virginia

Craig M. Eslinger
Global Sr. Executive Director at PPD
Formerly Alliance Management
M.B.A., University of Phoenix
B.S., University of North Dakota

Masha Fridkis-Hareli
Associate Scientific Director at Taligen Therapeutics
Formerly Associate Scientific Director, Alexion Pharmaceuticals
Ph.D., Weizmann Institute of Science, Cell Biology and Immunology
M.Sc., Hebrew University
B.A., Technion-Israel Institute of Technology

Victor Hartmann
Formerly E.V.P., Head Strategic and Corporate Development, Vertex Pharmaceuticals & S.V.P., Head Global Business
Development & Licensing, Novartis Pharma AG
M.D., University of Bonn, Internal Medicine
B.S., University of Brussels, Macalester College

Nancy E. Kohl
Head of Research Center for Novel Experimental Therapeutics at Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Formerly Merck
Ph.D., Columbia University, Biochemistry
M.S., New York Medical College
B.S., Southern Connecticut State University

Susan Sobolov
Head of Research Project Management at Novartis Institute of Biomedical Research
Ph.D., Yale University, Synthetic Organic Chemistry
M.Sc., M.Ph. - Yale University
B.S., University of Vermont

Karen Siegel
Program Manager at Vertex Pharmaceuticals
M.S., University of Michigan
B.S., University of California

Robert Swoboda
Sr. Project Manager at Vertex Pharmaceuticals
M.S., Polytechnic University
B.S., University of the Sciences in Philadelphia

Seth Taylor
Managing General Partner and Founder of Vector LLC
Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, Molecular Biology
S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
B.S., Cornell University

Michael Teeley
Organizational Development Consultant at PAREXEL
M.B.A., Loyola University
M.S., University of Michigan
B.S., University of Michigan

Claudia Turner
Formerly Executive Director at Pfizer
Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, Physiology
M.S., Pennsylvania State University
B.S., Bates College