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Role: Mentor

Tracks: Life Sciences

Monica Cheng

Senior Director of Business Development, The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson&Johnson

Monica Cheng is Director of Business Development & Licensing (BD&L) for Cardiometabolic Diseases at Boehringer Ingelheim (BI). Her responsibilities include development and implementation of partnering strategy and support of all partnering activities related to the Cardiometabolic therapeutic area. Additionally, Monica leads the effort in increasing BI’s footprint in NYC through BI’s mentoring initiatives such as BI Office Hours and BI Academy to foster the local life science community. She has also mentored numerous life science startups through MassConnect and NIH’s SBIR program. Prior to joining BD, Monica was head of a research lab within BI’s Cardiovascular Research organization. She received her Ph.D. in Pharmacology from New York Medical College and her BS in Microbiology from University of Minnesota.