Zahid Ali

Zahid Ali is a highly experienced professional in the field of neuroscience and clinical pharmacology, currently serving as a Visiting Senior Research Fellow at King's College London since May 2022 and as VP Early Missions Development Lead at UCB since June 2020. Previously, Zahid held key positions such as Head of Clinical Pharmacology Translational Sciences at Mundipharma Research Limited, Chief Scientific Officer at Calchan Ltd, Senior Director at Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, and Director of Discovery Medicine at GSK Neuroscience. Early career included roles as Principal Scientist at GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare and Senior Research Pharmacologist at Merck Sharp and Dohme Research Laboratories. Zahid's academic credentials include a Postdoc in Neuroscience from The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, a PhD in Neuroscience from Cardiff University, and a BSc (Hons) in Biophysical Sciences from the University of East London.