Jo Viney
FOUNDER, PRESIDENT & CEO, SEISMIC THERAPEUTIC
Dr Jo Viney, Ph.D. is a seasoned biotech executive and entrepreneurial scientist. She is Founder, President and CEO of Seismic Therapeutic, the machine learning immunology company focused on creating new medicines to treat autoimmunity.
Prior to Seismic, Jo founded Pandion Therapeutics in 2017 and served as President and CSO until the acquisition by Merck for $1.85B in 2021. Prior to Pandion, she held research leadership positions and contributed to the drug discovery pipelines at Biogen, Amgen, and Immunex.
Jo is an independent board director for Finch Therapeutics, Harpoon Therapeutics, Graphite Bio and Lab Central.
Jo is a big advocate for workplace inclusiveness and is actively involved with WEST, a non-profit organization supporting early to mid-career women in STEM.