Lina is currently the Senior Associate Director of Licensing for the Perelman School of Medicine (PSOM). In addition to leading the PSOM licensing team, she also manages an extensive portfolio of intellectual property generated by the PSOM researchers and leads the drafting, negotiation and execution of various contracts with companies of all sizes. Previously Lina served in similar roles at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies and Tufts University. Lina received an M.S. from the Kazan National Research Technological University in Kazan, Russia, an M.S. from Purdue University and a Ph.D. in Cancer Biology from Wake Forest University.