Joan joined Nocion as the Senior Vice President of Clinical Operations in April 2024. Prior to joining Nocion, Joan served as the SVP of Clinical Operation at Bellus Health (now GSK) and established their global late-stage drug development strategy for refractory chronic cough, completed their successful Phase 2b study and initiated a program of Phase 3 studies. She has a unique combination of experience with large pharmaceutical companies (Astra Zeneca, DuPont Pharma, Takeda), biotech companies (Bellus Health, Agenus) and contract research organizations (Parexel, UBC, Quotient Sciences) in multiple therapeutic areas spanning over 30 years.
 Joan is a licensed Medical Technologist (B.S., University of Delaware) and an MS in Clinical Chemistry (West Chester University) and holds a Six Sigma Black Belt (Villanova).

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