Embera NeuroTherapeutics, Inc.
BioSpace1, 2031 Kings Highway
Shreveport, LA 71103
BioSpace1, 2031 Kings Highway
Shreveport, LA 71103
Embera Management Team
Embera Board of Directors
Scientific Advisory Board
- Kathleen Brady, MD, Ph.D.
- George Koob, Ph.D.
- Bruce McCarthy, MD
- Charles O'Brien, MD, Ph.D.
- Rajita Sinha, Ph.D.
Investors
Franz Hefti, Ph.D., Director
Dr. Hefti was senior vice president of Neuroscience Research at Merck & Co. for eight years where he coordinated the company's neuroscience research worldwide, serving as site head for the their neuroscience research centers in the U.K. and San Diego. During his tenure there, compounds covering ten different drug targets in the neuroscience area were taken into development. Prior to Merck & Co., Dr. Hefti was director of the Neuroscience Research Department at Genentech for three years. Prior to Genentech, he spent ten years in academia as a professor at the University of Southern California and associate professor at the University of Miami. He published over 200 papers on neurotrophic factors and topics in neuropharmacology, as well as a textbook on the drug discovery for nervous system diseases. Dr. Hefti received his Ph.D. from the University of Zurich and did his postdoctoral research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Max Planck Institute for Psychiatry in Munich.