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Sandra Saouaf
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Chemical Heritage Foundation, Philadelphia, PA, 2011
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| Nationality | American |
| Other names | Sandra Jerrold-Jones, Sandra J. Saouaf |
| Alma mater | Rutgers College University of Pennsylvania |
| Occupation | immunologist |
| Years active | 1995-present |
| Employer | Bristol-Myers Squibb GlaxoSmithKline University of Pennsylvania Atlantic Bio Sci, LLC |
Sandra Saouaf is an American immunologist who researches autoimmune diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis, type 1 diabetes, multiple sclerosis and others.
Biography
Sandra Jerrold-Jones obtained a BA from Rutgers College in biochemistry and went on to earn a PhD in immunology from the University of Pennsylvania. After completion of her degree, Saouaf went to work in the cell signaling laboratory of Bristol-Myers Squibb where she completed her post doctorate fellowship. She then worked briefly at GlaxoSmithKline before returning to the University of Pennsylvania. Saouaf left the university and began a consulting business with pharmaceutical and biotechnical companies, hoping to help speed the process of discoveries for drugs to treat autoimmune disease. In 2012, together with University of Pennsylvania colleagues, she "discovered a possible treatment approach...through oral drugs" and founded Atlantic Bio Sci, LLC. In 2013, she won a Fellowship from the Alliance of Women Entrepreneurs.
