COO – Pre & Clinical Director

Bruna joined Ahead’s Therapeutics team on December 2018. She is a professional with more than 2 years in the intellectual property sector, a master’s degree in business administration (MBA) and more than 12 years of experience in R&D projects in the field of Biomedicine.

She holds an Msc and a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry (UAB), and an Msc in business administration (UPF-La Salle BES).

During her scientific career, Bruna carried out biomedical research at different competitive laboratories placed in the Universitat Autonoma of Barcelona (UAB), the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) and Vall d’Hebron Research Institute (VHIR). There, she was engaged in the coordination and management of R&D projects focused on neuroscience, cancer and epigenetics fields, and actively involved in teaching tasks at the University.

Before joining Ahead Therapeutics, she worked in ZBM Patents & Trademarks as a Business development manager and Patent advisor. Were she was involved in the dynamization of R&D projects from the initial idea definition and the Intellectual property strategy, to product planning and market uptake