LSI Trainees Career Talk Series: Leah Mackley, Ph.D.

Dr. Leah Makley is COO of Deciduous Therapeutics. Previously, she co-founded and served as CSO and CEO of ViewPoint Therapeutics, a venture-backed biotechnology startup developing medical treatments for aging-related protein misfolding diseases of the eye, including cataracts and presbyopia. Leah earned her Ph.D. in medicinal chemistry from the University of Michigan, where she used biophysical assays to identify, optimize and characterize small molecule modulators of small heat shock structure and function. In her free time, Leah enjoys baking, painting and dancing, and prefers to spend as much time outdoors as possible.