Courtney Shanks

Courtney brings 20+ years of experience in the biotechnology setting and has devoted much of her professional life to developing therapies for rare genetic diseases. Courtney’s breadth of portfolio support includes novel small molecules, antisense oligonucleotides, and biologic programs, across many therapeutic areas and at all stages of development.

Previously, she was Senior Director of research and development for Solid Biosciences and held a leadership role in advancing gene therapy candidates into clinical development for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, led the development of primary clinical biomarkers, and was responsible for overseeing development strategies for all nonclinical programs.