Scientific Director, Fundacion MEDINA

Olga Genilloud, MEDINA Scientific Director, has a PhD in Chemistry (U. Complutense, Madrid) and more than 30 years experience in natural products drug discovery in the academic and clinical environments (Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid; Harvard Medical School, Boston) as well as in the pharma sector with former positions at Merck Research Labs (Basic Research Center, MSD, Spain, 1989-2008). Since 2009 she leads Fundación MEDINA, a non-for-profit research organization established from former MSD R&D in Spain. She manages the research programs and international collaborations with academic and industrial partners to identify novel drugs and high value biotechnological products.