Life Sciences Consulting

Private individuals, foundations, trusts, or other committed organizations often wish to play an active role in promoting advancement in the life sciences. Most commonly, these groups or individuals want to learn more about a specific disease or field of biomedical research as a prelude to launching a targeted grant or research program. In other cases, they are searching for underfunded areas in which they can make a lasting impact.

HRiA's Medical Foundation division is uniquely positioned to assist and advise clients on life sciences research. Our professional staff of clinical and basic research scientists, combined with our access to an extensive network of experts in academia and biotechnology, means that we can evaluate the current scientific literature, assess the funding landscape, and prepare reports for either scientific or lay audiences. Our work empowers clients with information that enhances the effectiveness of their biomedical research funding strategies.
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Sally McNagny Sally McNagny, MD, MPH, FACP
Vice President
617.279.2240 ext. 704

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Sally McNagny Since 2001, Dr. McNagny has served as vice president of HRiA's Medical Foundation division, where she oversees biomedical research grant making and life sciences consulting. Dr. McNagny also serves on the faculty of Harvard Medical School, in the Brigham and Women's Hospital Department of Medicine, and is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians.

Dr. McNagny holds a BS in biology from Stanford University, an MD from Harvard Medical School, an MPH from the Harvard School of Public Health, and completed her medical residency at the Brigham and Women's Hospital. She served on the faculty at Emory University School of Medicine for 12 years, where she was principal investigator for the Emory site of the NIH Women's Health Initiative and other clinical research trials in the field of postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy. She also conducted health services research studies in access to care, high blood pressure management, and smoking cessation. Her research articles have been published in leading journals including the Journal of the American Medical Association, the New England Journal of Medicine and the Annals of Internal Medicine.

Currently, Dr. McNagny serves on the Board and is Chair-Elect of the Health Research Alliance, a membership organization of non-governmental funders of medical research and training whose members award more than $1.5 billion annually.
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John Kanki John Kanki, PhD
Scientific Director
617.279.2240 ext. 329

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John Kanki Dr. Kanki provides scientific oversight for the King Trust Postdoctoral Fellowship Program and two Thome Foundation research programs in Alzheimer's disease and age-related macular degeneration. Together with Dr. McNagny, he conducts Life Sciences consulting projects, identifies expert scientific reviewers and is involved in new client development. Dr. Kanki received a B.S. in Psychology with Honors from Wesleyan University and his Ph.D. from the University of California San Diego. His postdoctoral studies focused on neurobiology in the Department of Biology at the University of Michigan, embryonic pattern formation in the Department of Molecular Biology at Princeton University, and pancreatic organogenesis in the Department of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. For 12 years prior to joining The Medical Foundation division, Dr. Kanki was a Senior Research Scientist at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston supervising research on leukemia and neuroblastoma. Dr. Kanki is an accomplished grant and scientific writer with an extensive publication record.
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