Leadership

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Susan Owen, M.S.

Vice President, Clinical Operations

Susan Owen joined Pliant in June 2022 and brings over 20 years of clinical operations expertise across the areas of respiratory, oncology, cardiology and infectious diseases. Prior to Pliant, she most recently held the role of Executive Director and Head of Clinical Operations at Apexigen where she oversaw the company’s immuno-oncology portfolio. Prior to this, she held clinical operations roles at Cytokinetics, Genentech and InterMune where she managed the conduct of trials including Phase 2/ 3 clinical development respiratory program.

Ms. Owen received a B.A. in biological sciences from Smith College and a M.S. in epidemiology from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst’s School of Public Health and Health Sciences.

Our Team

Pliant is led by a team of world-renowned fibrosis researchers and highly experienced drug developers focused on translating science into novel therapies for patients in need.