Susan Doctrow

Susan Doctrow, PhD (SBIR Advisor/ Consultant/ Reviewer) has broad experience directing entrepreneurial biotechnology/pharmaceutical research, including cross-disciplinary teamwork in drug discovery, lead optimization, preclinical drug development and alliance management. Further experience on a medical school faculty directing government-funded research on mitigation of radiation injury, diseases associated with oxidative stress and mitochondrial injury. Strong communication and critical thinking skills to advise on regulatory documents for drug development, SBIR/STTR grantsmanship, scientific journal publication strategies, medically relevant reviews and strategic scientific/business presentations. Dr. Doctrow has served as Principal Investigator for federal grant and subcontract awards totaling ~$7.2M and has Peer reviewed SBIR/STTR grant applications and scientific manuscripts for over 15 years. She is Inventor of 8 issued US patents on experimental therapeutic agents (and associated foreign filings and published applications), is the author of 65+ scientific publications, including primary journal articles and reviews and editor of a book, Medicinal Inorganic Chemistry (American Chemical Society, 2005). Dr. Doctrow received her PhD in Biochemistry from Brandeis University and her BA degree in Biology from the University of Rochester. She served as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Boston Children’s Hospital where her work focused on angiogenesis, cell biology.