Karen R. Romines, Ph.D. trained as an organic chemist, earning her doctorate degree at MIT. She worked for 15 years at major pharmaceutical companies as a medicinal chemist and in research management. Before founding Pathfinder, she was Director of Viral Diseases Strategy and Director of the Department of Oncogenic and Emerging Viruses at GlaxoSmithKline. During her career in large pharmaceutical companies, she made key contributions that led to the development of an HIV protease inhibitor that was successfully brought to market, as well as a research program in human papillomavirus (HPV), the cause of cervical cancer.
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