Nicki Vasquez

Biography

Dr. Vasquez brings over 20 years of  biopharmaceutical discovery research and development experience to Sutro.  Most recently, she was Vice President of Program & Portfolio Management at StemCells, Inc. , where she was responsible for establishing program management for research and clinical stage programs exploring HuCNS-SC stem cell therapy for Alzheimer’s Disease, spinal cord injury and dry AMD.  Prior to that she was at Elan, where she held positions of increasing responsibility from Alzheimer’s Disease and autoimmune discovery research, to Vice President Research Operations & Program Management, and Vice President Development Program & Portfolio Management.  Dr. Vasquez obtained her doctoral degree in immunology from the University of California, San Diego, and received her post-doctoral training at Genentech.

Research Interest

clinical stage programs exploring HuCNS-SC stem cell therapy for Alzheimer’s Disease, spinal cord injury and dry AMD