Women of the C-Suite: “Your career path might not always be linear,” With Janice Kranz, PhD of Eikonizo Therapeutics

Your career path might not always be linear. There will always be some unexpected twists and turns, but this is par for the course. You never know what you’ll wind up learning along the way that might send you in a different direction.

As a part of my series about strong female leaders, I had the pleasure of interviewing Janice Kranz, PhD.

Dr. Kranz is the co-founder and CEO of Eikonizo Therapeutics, which is focusing on a completely new approach for Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases. Throughout her 25-year career, Dr. Kranz has led research teams in startup biotech companies, working with many early-stage therapeutic candidates. Her breadth and depth of experience spans from being one of the first scientists at Cubist Pharmaceuticals in the early ’90s, to managing the research pipeline of the ALS Therapy Development Institute, to building a community of more than 100 scientists as Assistant Director of the Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research, a division of The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard.