Scientific Advisory Board

Leigh has over 30 years’ experience in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry and is Head of Health Security Systems Australia, a Division of DMTC Ltd, is a non-executive director of Pro Medicus Ltd, Ena Respiratory Pty Ltd and Axelia Oncology ty Ltd, and is a member of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research Board Commercialisation Committee and a member of the Independent Advisory Council of Medicines Australia.

Leigh’s past appointments include: Senior Vice President, Commercial at Certara USA, Inc where he was responsible for Asia Pacific Commercial and global government engagement for the preparedness, planning and response to major health emergencies; Chairman & COO of d3 Medicine, LLC; Vice President of Business Development at Biota Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Research Manager Johnson & Johnson Research and CEO of Gene Shears Pty Ltd.  Leigh holds a PhD in Biochemistry and a Bachelor of Science (Honours) from Monash University and is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Professor Stephen Thomas, MD has an international leadership role as Lead Principal Investigator for Pfizer/BioNTech global Phase III COVID-19 vaccine trial now being deployed globally.

Prof. Thomas is a world-renowned virologist and vaccinologist and has authored numerous papers and articles on dengue fever, Zika and many other infectious diseases.

Chief, Division Of Infectious Diseases, New York Upstate Medical University; Professor of Medicine, Professor of Microbiology & Immunology, and Infectious Diseases physician-scientist from the State University of New York (SUNY), Upstate Medical University; Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases and Director, Institute for Global Health and Translational Science (IGHTS.)

He had twenty years in the U.S. Army Medical Corps serving at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR.)

Amy Patick is a scientific consultant with deep expertise in antiviral drug discovery, development and viral resistance with broad know how in emerging virus epidemics and translational medicine. Previously, Dr. Patick has served as Vice President, Research at Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Vice President, Biological Sciences at Genelabs Technologies, Head of the Antiviral Biology Therapeutic Area at Pfizer, Inc. and Research Scientist at Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. Dr. Patick has also served as President for the International Society of Antiviral Research. Dr. Patick was a postdoctoral fellow in immunology at the Mayo Clinic/Foundation in Rochester, MN and received her PhD in Medical Microbiology from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.