Tom was SVP, head of pharmacology and translation at Disarm Therapeutics until its acquisition by Lilly. He has 25 years of pharmaceutical research and development experience focused on therapeutics for neurodegenerative disorders. Prior to joining Disarm, Tom was in the Center for External Innovation at Takeda and the Neuroscience Research Unit at Pfizer. The majority of his career in industry was spent at Biogen, where he led projects in Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and neuropathic pain at the discovery and early clinical development stages. Tom’s first industry position was at Cephalon after completing a postdoctoral fellowship and several years in a tenure track position at NINDS. He obtained his PhD in pharmacology and BA in biology from the University of Pennsylvania.