Joanna Ghayad
Dr. Joanna Ghayad has 15 years of leadership in healthcare, biotech, and pharma, having worked on strategic collaborations with at top institutions like the University of Pennsylvania and managing multimillion dollar research portfolios at Fortune 100 companies like Bristol Myers Squibb.
Dr. Ghayad is a certified Business Executive Coach uniquely bringing broad expertise in AI-informed pharmaceutical research. Her work focuses on helping founder scientists and executives build convicted companies with cultures unafraid to challenge the status quo to get innovative research into patients at speed and scale.
Dr. Ghayad is the founder of the (r)Evolutionary STEMistTM, a movement to redefine scientific leadership through her signature Research Leadership Training that helps scientific teams achieve peak performance bringing the boldest ideas to life through cognitive dissonance.
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09-Feb-2026Room ALead through growth - Strategies for funding, talent, and tough decisions
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09-Feb-2026Room DAuthority starts within: How women in advanced therapies build powerful brands that open doors
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10-Feb-2026Theatre 5Mentorship, power and the reality of inclusive leadership