Sandra Teixeira

Dr. Teixeira has over two decades of biotech and pharma experience, leading programs from research to development across multiple therapeutic areas. Dr. Teixeira joined Wugen from Editas Medicine, where she drove the autologous b-hemoglobinopathies cell therapy program, developed the company’s cell therapy strategy, and led the Portfolio and Program Management Team. Previously, Dr. Teixeira was with Novartis, most recently as the Therapeutic Area Head, Ophthalmology Project Management, playing a key role in the integration between Novartis Ophthalmology R&D and Alcon. At Novartis, she also led a strategic initiative to strengthen drug development program execution and multiple programs in Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases. She started her career at Roche Vitamins, Switzerland working in diabetes and obesity.

Dr. Teixeira has an Advanced Certificate for Executives (ACE) in Management, Innovation and Technology from MIT Sloan School of Management, a Ph.D. and MS from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and a BS from the University of Porto, Portugal.