I am a drug discovery scientist with expertise in ion channels, synaptic transmission and neuroscience and more broadly, cell-based assay development. I have worked in the pharmaceutical industry for over 15 years at Wyeth (1 yr), Johnson & Johnson (6.5 yr), Merck (6.5 yr), and Janssen R & D (a division of Johnson & Johnson, 4.5 yrs), and now CHDI as a Science Director. I have worked in therapeutic areas including epilepsy, anxiety and neuropathic pain.