Full Name
Jodie Gillon
Job Title
President & Ceo
Company
Bioct
Speaker Bio
Jodie Gillon is the President & CEO of BioCT the Trade organization for the Life Sciences industry for the State of Connecticut. BioCT’s mission is to catalyze and market the growth of Connecticut’s life sciences industry; fostering and promoting the state as nationally recognized for innovation and improving patient lives.
Jodie started her career in Advocacy, Hospitals and Government and transitioned to industry over three decades ago holding various roles across Development, Patient, Medical & Corporate Affairs. Most recently Jodie served as the SVP of Corporate Affairs & Patient Advocacy with Peptilogics. In this role she built out several key functions for the organization including Patient Advocacy, Stakeholder Engagement, Grants & Sponsorships, Medical, External & Internal Communications, Congress & Event Management and Medical Information for an anti-infectives start up launching AI platforms.
Prior to Peptilogics, Jodie served as the Chief Patient Officer and Head of Corporate and Medical Affairs at Abeona Therapeutics, a cell and gene therapy company. Previously, Jodie cumulatively spent over a decade with Pfizer as the Global Medical Lead, Patient Engagement, for the Rare Diseases Business Unit and the Director, Medical Communications, within the Chief Medical Office. She served as a core member on all Medical, Commercial, Launch, Global and Regional Leadership Teams ensuring the patient voice drove strategy and facilitated collaborations with Patient Groups.
Prior to Pfizer, Jodie was the Head of Patient Advocacy and Professional Affairs with Achillion Pharmaceuticals where she led Policy, Alliances, Patient Engagement, Contributions/Grants, Compassionate Use, Medical Information, Medical Communications, Field Medical, and External Affairs. Previously, she served as the Head of the Chief Medical Office (CMO) of AstraZeneca where she managed Patient Engagement, Compassionate Use, Trial and Payment Transparency, Meetings and Events, an HCP Engagement Center, companywide policy, external contributions, alliances, and crisis management.
Jodie held additional roles as the Global Communications lead at Novartis, Director of Medical Education for Oridion Medical and as a Health Economist with the Israeli Center for Disease Control and Ministry of Health. She holds a Master’s of Public Health with a dual degree in Health Economics and Epidemiology from Hebrew University in Jerusalem and a BSFS from Georgetown’s School of Foreign Service. She currently serves on several state and industrywide Boards & Committees including the Soderstrom Fund, New Haven University CMBI & Bioscience Collaborative. Jodie has published and spoken externally across a wide variety of topics and enjoys mentoring particularly underserved students seeking careers in STEM or future female leaders. While a native New Yorker and dual Israeli citizen, Jodie fell in love with New Haven while at Achillion and is proud to call Connecticut her permanent home. She has one son, a Sophomore in College in Connecticut. You can reach her at: JGillon@bioct.org and sign up for BioCTs newsletter at www.bioct.org.
Jodie started her career in Advocacy, Hospitals and Government and transitioned to industry over three decades ago holding various roles across Development, Patient, Medical & Corporate Affairs. Most recently Jodie served as the SVP of Corporate Affairs & Patient Advocacy with Peptilogics. In this role she built out several key functions for the organization including Patient Advocacy, Stakeholder Engagement, Grants & Sponsorships, Medical, External & Internal Communications, Congress & Event Management and Medical Information for an anti-infectives start up launching AI platforms.
Prior to Peptilogics, Jodie served as the Chief Patient Officer and Head of Corporate and Medical Affairs at Abeona Therapeutics, a cell and gene therapy company. Previously, Jodie cumulatively spent over a decade with Pfizer as the Global Medical Lead, Patient Engagement, for the Rare Diseases Business Unit and the Director, Medical Communications, within the Chief Medical Office. She served as a core member on all Medical, Commercial, Launch, Global and Regional Leadership Teams ensuring the patient voice drove strategy and facilitated collaborations with Patient Groups.
Prior to Pfizer, Jodie was the Head of Patient Advocacy and Professional Affairs with Achillion Pharmaceuticals where she led Policy, Alliances, Patient Engagement, Contributions/Grants, Compassionate Use, Medical Information, Medical Communications, Field Medical, and External Affairs. Previously, she served as the Head of the Chief Medical Office (CMO) of AstraZeneca where she managed Patient Engagement, Compassionate Use, Trial and Payment Transparency, Meetings and Events, an HCP Engagement Center, companywide policy, external contributions, alliances, and crisis management.
Jodie held additional roles as the Global Communications lead at Novartis, Director of Medical Education for Oridion Medical and as a Health Economist with the Israeli Center for Disease Control and Ministry of Health. She holds a Master’s of Public Health with a dual degree in Health Economics and Epidemiology from Hebrew University in Jerusalem and a BSFS from Georgetown’s School of Foreign Service. She currently serves on several state and industrywide Boards & Committees including the Soderstrom Fund, New Haven University CMBI & Bioscience Collaborative. Jodie has published and spoken externally across a wide variety of topics and enjoys mentoring particularly underserved students seeking careers in STEM or future female leaders. While a native New Yorker and dual Israeli citizen, Jodie fell in love with New Haven while at Achillion and is proud to call Connecticut her permanent home. She has one son, a Sophomore in College in Connecticut. You can reach her at: JGillon@bioct.org and sign up for BioCTs newsletter at www.bioct.org.
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