Mario Saltarelli

Dr. Saltarelli is a biotechnology industry veteran with more than 30-years of experience in leading successful drug discovery and development efforts, with a focus on neuro-psycho therapeutics research and development. He has held executive roles at biotechnology companies including Green Valley, Neuron23, Entrada, Syntimmune, and Annexon. In addition, he has established and/or led neuroscience development departments at Pfizer, Abbott, Shire, and Vertex. He has overseen all aspects of the drug discovery and development process, including research, clinical trial design, operations, regulatory affairs, and translational development. Dr. Saltarelli currently serves as independent director of Bioasis Technologies, and as Assistant Professor in Neurology (Adjunct) at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

Dr. Saltarelli earned his Bachelor of Science degree in biological psychology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and completed doctoral studies in Medicine, and in neuropharmacology at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He trained in internal medicine at the University of Maryland Medical Center and completed neurology residency at The Johns Hopkins Hospital.