All are invited to attend. Exceptional Leaders in STEM is a lecture series, exploring themes related to leaders in STEM fields. Dinner will be served at 6:00 pm, program begins at 6:30 pm, in-person and on zoom.
Registration is required
Haymon Board Room,
Robinson Hall, Room 245,
200 College Avenue, Medford MA, 02155
Dr. Rhodes is a scientist, inventor and entrepreneur. She is a pioneering biotech innovator and strategist responsible for the innovation strategies at 3 VC funded biotech startups. She originated and advised a range of companies including those that design therapeutics that address diseases that carry a high economic burden as well as those that develop new funding strategies to address disparities in healthcare cost. She designed the technology and authored pivotal patents that changed the trajectory of previously failing companies and projects amounting to a savings of more than $50 million dollars.
Dr. Rhodes is currently the Associate Vice President- Genetic Medicine, External Partnerships and Academic Collaborations for Eli Lilly and company where she identifies opportunities, manages deals and innovates nuanced approaches to developing medicine and delivering healthcare. She supported Eli Lilly’s de-centralized clinical trials for COVID with on-the-ground operations in key southern states. Additionally, she serves as the expert-in-residence for Harvard Innovation Labs where she has advised a number of startups ranging from idea stage and brainstorming to securing funding.
Previously, she worked as a venture capital associate for Flagship Pioneering where she co-founded a biotechnological platform company to create novel therapeutics in the space of personalized genomic medicine.
Dr. Rhodes received a PhD in Biological Sciences from Harvard University and a BA from the University of North Texas. She has been a visiting researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health. Dr. Rhodes has been a speaker and mentor for the Harvard Medical School Biomedical Science Career Program, Morehouse School of Medicine, Nucleate and others working to recruit and train next-generation translational scientists.
Biomedical Engineering Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice Chemical and Biological Engineering Civil and Environmental Engineering Computer Science Electrical and Computer Engineering Mechanical Engineering Center for Applied Brain and Cognitive Sciences Center for Engineering Education and Outreach Engineering Management, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship (Gordon Institute)