OFFICERS
President
Caralee Schaefer, PhD
Director of Preclinical Development
Xyphos, Inc. (an Astellas company)
president@inflammationresearch.org
Secretary
Howard Kartstein
Director of Business Development
GeneCentric Therapeutics, Inc.
secretary@inflammationresearch.org
Vice-President
Alison O’Mahony, PhD
Vice President, Translational Biology
Eurofins Discovery
vicepresident@inflammationresearch.org
Treasurer
Dirk Smith, MSC.
Founding Partner
Cascadia Drug Development Group
treasurer@inflammationresearch.org
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Fiona Kuo, PhD
Director, Clinical Science, Inflammation and Autoimmunity Group
Incyte
Heather Jones
Global Medical Affairs Lead, Immunology & Autoimmunity
Incyte
Wendy Peters, PhD
Senior Director, Emerging Science
Pfizer
Caitlin Parello, PhD
Senior Scientist
Biomodels, Inc.
Lisa Schopf, PhD
Senior Director, I & I
Pfizer
Siquan Sun, PhD
Scientific Director
Janssen Research & Development
Xiao-Feng Yang, MD, PhD, FAHA
Temple University School of Medicine
Michael Howell, PhD
Chief Scientific Officer
DermTech
Liwu Li, PhD
IRA Past President
Professor of Inflammation Biology & Immunology
Virginia Tech
