Cerevel Drug Hunters
A Podcast Series from Cerevel’s Chief Scientific Officer, Dr. John Renger, dedicated to understanding the personal side of today’s neuroscience drug hunters.
Episodes
15 episodes
Episode 15: Mark Bodenrader, Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Accounting Officer
On this episode of Drug Hunters, Dr. John Renger sits down with Cerevel’s Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Accounting Officer, Mark Bodenrader. Mark is responsible for all aspects of Finance and Accounting and provides an inside ...
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20:18
Episode 14: Northeastern University Science Team Co-Ops Cohort 3
On this episode of Drug Hunters, Dr. John Renger chats with Cerevel’s 2024 Northeastern Co-Ops to learn what sparked their interest in Cerevel, their predictions for the future in the world of drug discovery, and what they value most abo...
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36:35
Episode 13: TMEM175 Compound Team
On the next episode of Drug Hunters, Dr. John Renger catches up with Cerevel’s own TMEM175 Compound team to learn more about the complexities that accompany screening this gene. We hear about both the goals and challenges in this program...
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18:47
Episode 12: Executive Assistant to the CSO, Kristen Larrabee
On this episode of Drug Hunters, Dr. John Renger interviews his executive assistant, Kristen Larrabee. Kristen recounts her early days as an assistant in various industries, and what led her to join Cerevel. She describes candidly...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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29:16
Episode 11: Senior Director, Research Operations, Dr. Kim Kerr
On the next episode of Drug Hunters, Dr. John Renger sits down with Cerevel’s Senior Director of Research Operations, Dr. Kim Kerr. Kim takes us through her group’s mission to support the scientists in what they do; science! We get a clo...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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29:00
Episode 10: Vice President, Drug Metabolism & Pharmacokinetics (DMPK), Dr. Srinivas Chakilam
On this episode of Cerevel Drug Hunters, Dr. John Renger interviews Dr. Srinivas Chakilam, Vice President, Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics (DMPK). We get an inside look into what Srinivas and his team do at Cerevel to uncover and un...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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26:28
Episode 9: Cerevel Veteran Employee Resource Group
On the next episode of Drug Hunters, Dr. John Renger interviews two members from CereVets, Cerevel’s newly launched Veteran Employee Resource Group. The episode features Jack Homsher VP, Human Resources (former Senior Chief, and SEAL, ...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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25:52
Episode 8: SVP of CMC Technical Operations, Dr. Andy Clausen
On this episode of Cerevel Drug Hunters, Dr. John Renger sits down one-on-one with Cerevel’s own SVP of CMC Technical Operations, Dr. Andy Clausen. We get an inside look into the Technical Operations and CMC teams at Cerevel, and ...
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30:33
Episode 7: Vice President of Biology, Dr. Phil Iredale
On this episode of Cerevel Drug Hunters, Dr. John Renger sits down with our VP of Biology, Dr. Phil Iredale. Phil dives into his role of managing the Biology department, all targets, how we arrive at some of the new programs we decide to run...
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Episode 7
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35:29
Episode 6: Vice President of Genetics & Target Identification, Dr. Dave Stone
On the next episode of Drug Hunters, Dr. John Renger interviews Cerevel’s Vice President of Genetics & Target Identification, Dr. Dave Stone. Dave chats about the genes we target, and how his team strategically thinks about the programs we ...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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22:48
Episode 5: Northeastern University Science Team Co-Ops Cohort 2
On this episode of Drug Hunters, Dr. John Renger chats with Cerevel’s 2023 Northeastern Co-Ops to gain insight into what drew these students to Cerevel initially, their diverse career aspirations, and what they value most from the co-op program...
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39:12
Episode 4: Senior Director and Head of Search & Evaluation, Dr. Yong Mi Choi
On the next episode of Drug Hunters, Dr. John Renger interviews Cerevel’s Senior Director and Head of Search and Evaluation, Dr. Yong Mi Choi. Yong Mi describes what goes into her role of identifying transformative partnership opportunities and...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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19:33
Episode 3: Northeastern University Science Team Co-Ops
On this episode of Drug Hunters, Dr. John Renger chats with Cerevel’s 2022 Northeastern Co-Ops to gain insight into what drew these students to Cerevel initially, their diverse career aspirations, and what they valued most from the co-op progra...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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29:07
Episode 2: Vice President of Clinical Pharmacology & Pharmacometrics, Dr. Sridhar Duvvuri
Our highly anticipated second podcast features Dr. John Renger interviewing Cerevel’s Vice President of Clinical Pharmacology & Pharmacometrics, Dr. Sridhar Duvvuri. Sridhar describes what motivates and drives him and his team in their work...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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35:25
Episode 1: Senior Vice President, Safety Assessment & Research Ops, Dr. Rick Briscoe
The first podcast features Dr. Rick Briscoe, Senior Vice President, Safety Assessment and Research Operations, discussing his journey, aspirations, and personal motivation for developing new solutions for people living with neuroscience disease...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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21:48