Barbara Mcgovern, M.d.
Vice President and Head of Medical Affairs
Life Science
Seres Therapeutics
United States of America
Biography
Barbara McGovern is VP of Medical Affairs at Seres. Dr. McGovern has over 25 years of experience in infectious diseases. Prior to joining Seres, she served as Medical Director in the Medical Affairs Division at AbbVie and helped to launch Viekera Pak for treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. At AbbVie, Dr. McGovern was recipient of the “2015 President’s Award” in recognition of successful execution of 7 major publications in the New England Journal of Medicine, Lancet and JAMA. She also authored more than 50 journal articles, editorials, and textbook chapters on HIV and HCV and was an Associate Editor of Clinical Infectious Diseases. Dr. McGovern has also served as a member of the Antiviral Advisory Committee for FDA and as a panel guideline member for the Department of Health and Human Services. She earned her undergraduate degree from Queens College, CUNY, her M.D. at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and completed her internship, residency and infectious disease fellowship at Tufts Medical Center.
Research Interest
Business
