Lorena Lerner,
Vice President, Molecular Biology & Virology
Lorena Lerner Ph.D. is the Vice President, Molecular Biology & Virology at Oncorus, where she is leading the engineering of the next generation immunotherapy platform of oncolytic viral vectors for the treatment of solid tumors.
Lorena is an experienced cancer biologist with a proven track record of managing and advancing projects, from early discovery into clinical development. Most recently, Lorena served as Director of Biology at Quiet Therapeutics, where she was responsible for leading the development of a proprietary nanotechnology platform, identifying potent immunotherapy target candidates and optimizing vector design. Prior to Quiet, she served as Director of Target Discovery at Scholar Rock and held positions of increasing responsibilities at AVEO Oncology, where she pioneered and executed the development of AV-380, a cancer cachexia program targeting GDF15, from target identification, validation, and antibody discovery through preclinical development and out-licensing enterprises. Lorena received an MSc in Molecular Biology and a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the University of Buenos Aires. She completed a post-doctoral research fellowship in Molecular and Cellular Biology with Professor James E. Darnell at Rockefeller University. Her academic training focused on the field of gene regulation and cancer molecular biology. Lorena is a co-inventor of numerous patents and high-impact, peer-reviewed manuscripts.
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