Nationality: American | Year of birth: 1961

Elizabeth McNally is a human geneticist and cardiologist with extensive experience as a physician, scientist, professor and senior administrator at leading academic institutions in the US. She qualified as a medical doctor at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City. Elizabeth McNally is a practicing cardiologist with expertise in cardiovascular genetics, with postgraduate training at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. With interests in the genetics of cardiovascular and neuromuscular disorders, she has had research and leadership roles at the University of Chicago and Northwestern University. She is the founder, CEO and a board member of Ikaika Therapeutics.

Professional experience

• Editor-in-chief, Journal of Clinical Investigation (since 2022)
• Director, Center for Genetic Medicine, and professor of genetic medicine, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, US (since 2014)
• Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, US (since 2014)
• Professor, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, US (2006-2014)
• Director, Institute for Cardiovascular Research, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, US (2005-2014)
• Associate professor, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, US (2003-2006)
• Assistant professor, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, US (1996-2003)
• Clinical and research fellow in medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, US (1990-1996)

Mandates

• Board member, Ikaika Therapeutics, US
• Board member, the Muscular Dystrophy Association of America, US

Education

• Doctor of medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, US
• Doctorate in microbiology and immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, US
• Bachelor’s degree in biology and philosophy, Columbia University, US

Key skills

• Medicine/healthcare/R&D
• Leadership/management