Karissa Adkins is an experienced toxicologist with broad expertise in both investigative and regulatory toxicology, currently employed at Sanofi. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Chemistry from Concordia College in Moorhead, MN, and her PhD in Pharmacology and Toxicology from the University of Arizona in Tucson, AZ. Karissa spent 4 years working in the biotechnology industry before starting her pharmaceutical career, joining Wyeth in Andover, MA. At Wyeth, she managed the Molecular Toxicology group and served as the drug safety representative on various project development teams for antibody and vaccine therapeutics. Following Pfizer’s acquisition of Wyeth, she became a Director of Investigative Toxicology at Pfizer in Groton, CT, where she continued to lead and manage an investigative group while supporting project development teams. She currently serves as the Head of Global Investigative Toxicology at Sanofi in Cambridge, MA, overseeing groups in the US, France and Germany.