Leslie Kim Itsara

Leslie Kim Itsara, PhD, is a Senior Strategic Alliance and Business Development Manager at Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp. since November 2020. Prior roles at Adaptive include Sr. Manager of Business Development and Sr. Research Account Manager, focusing on biopharma partnerships, contract negotiation, and project management related to immunosequencing and immune medicine platforms. Prior experience includes serving as a Health Scientist Administrator/Scientific Review Officer at the National Institutes of Health, Program Director at MalarVx, Inc., and Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Seattle Children's, along with teaching genetics at Western Washington University. Leslie holds a Ph.D. in Molecular and Cellular Biology from the University of Washington and a summa cum laude BS in Molecular and Cellular Biology & Chemistry from Vanderbilt University.