Bio

Elizabeth (Liz) McMath Ph.D. is Senior Director, New Program Innovation & Entrepreneurship at the Chicago Biomedical Consortium where she advises academic researchers on drug discovery and leads the Entrepreneurial Fellows training program. Prior to joining the CBC, Liz worked at Novartis as Director, Global Search & Evaluation building the deal pipeline for clinical stage gene therapies (formerly at AveXis/Novartis Gene Therapy unit) and most recently in the modality-agnostic severe genetic disease space. She also has deep experience in life science strategy consulting where she developed actionable investment, development, and commercial recommendations for pharma, biotech, med device, and investor clients. Liz holds a PhD in Genetics from the University of Wisconsin and a BA in biological sciences from Northwestern University. A former collegiate sailor and recreational endurance athlete, Liz now spends her free time chasing after her two kids and relaxing with a good book.

Key takeaways:

How to transition into industry and consulting roles, unique fellowship opportunity with Chicago Biomedical Consortium, & short activity to experience what it’s like to think about commercialization