Jane Kinghorn

Director, Translational Research Office - UCL

Jane has extensive experience in developing therapies (of differing modalities) to clinical benefit gained from 30+ years working in large pharma and academia. Her experience has spanned the drug discovery pathway, leading projects through target validation, lead optimisation, candidate selection through to the clinic and regulatory affairs.

Jane joined UCL in 2009 and with two other colleagues formed the Translational Research Office (TRO) in 2010. As Director of the TRO, Jane is responsible for a team of highly experienced applied scientists tasked with establishing the organisational culture, capability and processes necessary to deliver the UCL and BRCs mission of “Accelerating translation for health and wealth”.