Wesley Chen Johnson & Johnson Innovation

Wesley is Manager of External Innovation at the Johnson & Johnson Innovation, Boston. In this role, he helps guide deals and collaborations across both pharmaceutical and consumer sectors. Within the pharmaceutical sector, he focuses on Cardiovascular and Metabolism, Neuroscience, and Infectious Diseases and Vaccines and provides support to the Consumer Sector by identifying innovative approaches to understanding the role of microbiome in oral and skin care. Previously, Wesley completed his graduate studies at MIT understanding the role of biological hydrogels as selective filters and identifying how mucosal barriers control bacterial virulence.