Dr. Amrie Grammer 
Founder, President and
Chief Scientific Officer
- Internationally recognized scientist and entrepreneur
- Managed AMPEL from 2013-present with $20M+ in revenue from 15+ Pharma
- Society of International Business Fellows
- NIH Director’s Award Recipient for Immunology and Genomics Lab
- Mentoring Awards from Sigma Xi and American Associations of Immunologists (AAI)
- >125 Publications
Dr. Peter Lipsky
Founder and Chief Medical Officer
- World renowned Physician- Scientist (Immunology, Genomics, Rheumatology)
- Scientific Director NIAMS at the NIH ($50M+ program budget with 150 scientists and executive experience)
- 35+ years Pharma relationships, incl. designing & executing clinical trials
- Established Lupus Clinical Investigator Network of 50+ KOLs for AMPEL clinical trials
- Scientific Awards (AAI, American College of Rheumatology, Arthritis Foundation, EULAR)
- > 850 Publications
Neil Lyons, CPA
Chief Financial Officer
- 15+ years, CFO Life Science companies
- Public and private companies
- Capital raising experience, $160M+ debt and equity capital raised to date
- 25+ years executive administrative experience
Dr. William Ricketts
VP, Precision Medicine
- 20+ yrs Diagnostic Product Dev
- 5 years in Drug Development
- 15+ years in Reimbursements
- Commercialized nine molecular tests
- Experienced in CLIA and FDA regulation of molecular testing
- Co-Founder and CSO for several start-up & early-stage companies
Dr. Melissa McIIraith
VP, Medical Affairs
- 20+ Years Medical Affairs Marketing (pre-launch, launch, post-launch)
- Global Executive Director Experience for multiple Pharma in Rheumatology
- Strategy & Execution launch strategies for Rheumatology products focused on medical education of physicians & patients