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Norah Al-Azzam, PhD

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Associate Director Clinical Research at Eli Lilly and Company
📍 United States

Norah Al-Azzam is a strategic life sciences leader with a PhD from UC San Diego, currently serving as Associate Director of Clinical Research at Eli Lilly. She specializes in diagnostics, biopharma, and clinical strategy, with a track record of driving growth through partnership development. Her experience spans translational research and commercialization.

Norah is passionate about harnessing technology to improve mental health treatment. This passion led her to co-found NanoMood, a startup developing a wearable device to monitor mental health biomarkers. She has also organized and presented her own photography at art events focused on women in STEM at UC San Diego.

Unique fact: Norah co-founded a company to create a non-invasive, wearable nanosensor for real-time monitoring of depression biomarkers.

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Experience
9 Years
Current Role
Associate Director Clinical Research
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
United States
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Mental Health Tech
Co-founded NanoMood to develop a wearable biomonitor for mental illness, aiming to personalize treatment and predict onset by tracking real-time biomarkers.
Translational Research
Her background focuses on aligning clinical strategy with commercial goals in diagnostics, life sciences, and biopharma, bringing innovations from the lab to the market.
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Career

Work history

10-2025
Associate Director Clinical Research
Eli Lilly and Company
12-2024 - 10-2025
Clinical Development
Karius
1-2020 - 12-2024
Co-Founder
NanoMood
1-2019 - 1-2020
New Product Commercialization
Neurocrine Biosciences
1-2017 - 1-2019
Scientist
Inhibrx, Inc.
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Education
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
UC San Diego
Master of Science - MS
UC San Diego
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