Darren Cross

Darren Cross is a Senior Global Medical Affairs Leader at AstraZeneca, where they have been since 2018. Previously, Darren held various roles at AstraZeneca, including Global Medical Affairs Leader and Principal Scientist, contributing significantly to oncology projects and the AZD9291 program. They earned a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry from the University of York, followed by a PhD focused on molecular mechanisms of insulin signal transduction at the University of Dundee, where they made notable discoveries published in *Nature*. Earlier in their career, Darren worked as an investigator at GSK and completed a postdoc at the MRC Protein Phosphorylation Unit.