Cassia Cearley

Cassia Cearley, Ph.D. is the Chief Business Officer (CBO) of Icosavax. Cassia has worked with pharmaceutical companies in various roles for more than 10 years. Prior to joining Icosavax, Cassia was the vice president of research for Aptinyx Inc., where she led a team responsible for building a portfolio of small molecule NMDA receptor modulators. Prior to this, Cassia was on the corporate development team of Naurex Inc, which was responsible for the spinout of Aptinyx Inc. and the sale of Naurex to Allergan. Previously, Cassia worked at Takeda Pharmaceuticals, where she was the director of portfolio management. Prior to Takeda, Cassia was an engagement manager with the life sciences practice of L.E.K. Consulting. Cassia received a Ph.D. in neuroscience from University of Pennsylvania and a B.S. in neuroscience from the Washington State University Honors College.