[vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image source=”featured_image” img_size=”full”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text]Ph.D. Biochemist[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator][vc_column_text]Head, External Science and Partnering<\/p>\n
Director, Academic Partnerships and External Innovation<\/p>\n
Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Basel, Switzerland<\/p>\n
T\u00e9a Kekelidze leads the Industry-Academia partnerships team at Novartis, focusing on collaborative innovation aimed at translating breakthrough science and technology into novel treatments for patients, by merging the strengths of academic science and pharmaceutical drug discovery expertise.<\/p>\n
T\u00e9a is a biochemist with additional training in neuroscience. She completed her post-doctoral training at Harvard Medical School, where she also became a faculty member. Before joining Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research (NIBR) in Cambridge, MA, T\u00e9a led interdisciplinary research projects at University of Zurich. She was also responsible for partnership building between academic, clinical and industrial sectors in Switzerland, with an aim to identify therapeutic targets for brain disease. In her previous role at Novartis, T\u00e9a managed the NIBR Scientific Advisory Board reviews that helped determine the NIBR\u2019s long-term scientific strategy.<\/p>\n
Dr. Kekelidze has authored research articles, book chapters, and served as editor for topical NATO Science Series. She has organized and chaired conferences on knowledge transfer from basic science to translational research. Tea had also served as advisor to the Georgian Government and NATO Science Program on knowledge-based economy and National Science Foundation programs.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"[vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image source=”featured_image” img_size=”full”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text]Ph.D. Biochemist[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator][vc_column_text]Head, External Science and Partnering Director, Academic Partnerships and External…","protected":false},"featured_media":1050,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"dt_team_category":[3],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ilc-georgia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dt_team\/360"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ilc-georgia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dt_team"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ilc-georgia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/dt_team"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ilc-georgia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=360"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ilc-georgia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ilc-georgia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"dt_team_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ilc-georgia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dt_team_category?post=360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}