Lynn Baird

After several years as an academic bench immunologist, Lynn Baird took her first job in biotechnology – a change that kept her at the bench for another year. Lynn assisted in the preparation of her company’s first investigational new drug (IND) application. With responsibility for the company’s second IND thrust upon her, she was hooked. “I enjoyed not only developing the scientific argumentation, but also having the opportunity to learn about all aspects of a product’s development. After over 20 years in various biotech and pharmaceutical companies as a product development and regulatory executive, I was given a unique opportunity at MIT to help define regulatory policy of the future.”