Deirdre Pedersen

Deirdre Pedersen currently serves as a Senior Communications Associate at Ten Bridge Communications since November 2023. Prior roles include Marketing and Innovation Excellence Specialist at Vertex Pharmaceuticals from January to October 2023, and Medical Communications Intern at Exact Sciences in two separate stints (June to November 2022 and June to December 2021). Deirdre also gained experience as a Corporate Communications Co-op at Biogen and as an Undergraduate Research Assistant at Clark University, focusing on the study of Drosophila Melanogaster under the supervision of Dr. Justin Thackeray. Earlier experience includes an internship with the Down Syndrome Program at Massachusetts General Hospital. Deirdre holds a Master of Science in Communication from Clark University and a Bachelor of Arts in Biology from Clark University, as well as previous studies in Psychology and Music at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.