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Christalyn Rhodes

Christalyn Rhodes

Scientist, Inventor & Entrepreneur

Dr. Christalyn Rhodes is a scientist, inventor and entrepreneur...

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Dr. Christalyn Rhodes is a scientist, inventor and entrepreneur. She is a pioneering biotech innovator and strategist responsible for the innovation strategies at 3 VC funded biotech startups. She originated a range of companies including those that design therapeutics that address diseases that carry a high economic burden as well as those that develop new funding strategies to address disparities in healthcare cost. She designed the technology and authored 5 pivotal patents that changed the trajectory of previously failing companies and projects amounting to a savings of more than $50 million dollars.

Dr. Rhodes is currently the Scientific Advisor- Accelerated leadership for Eli Lilly where she identifies opportunities, manages deals and innovates nuanced approaches to developing medicine and delivering healthcare. She served as the operations lead for the Eli Lilly’s de-centralized clinical trials for COVID in key southern states.

Previously, Christalyn worked as a venture capital associate for Flagship Pioneering where she co-founded a biotechnological platform company to create novel therapeutics in the space of personalized genomic medicine.

Dr. Rhodes received a Ph.D. in Biological Sciences from Harvard University and a BA from the University of North Texas. She has been a visiting researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health. In conjunction with the outreach department of the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Dr. Rhodes organized science demonstrations for local schools and field trips to Harvard’s SEAS labs. Dr. Rhodes is a regular speaker and mentor for the Harvard Medical School Biomedical Science Career Program and Morehouse School of Medicine working to recruit and retain women and minority candidates in biological sciences.

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The 2-Quintillion Nails Problem: Decision Strategies Under the “Big Tent” of Healthcare Data

Good Money: Leveraging Capital Markets for Social Good

Innovation: How Corporate Humility Helps to Overcome Innovation Plateaus

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Accidental Entrepreneurs - Christalyn Rhodes
Christalyn Rhodes | 2017 Harvard Horizons Symposium

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