LEEN KAWAS, Ph.D.

Home: Seattle, WA and Los Angeles, CA. Age: 36. Birthplace: Jordan. Profession: Entrepreneur, inventor and investor in the health care...

Dr. Leen Kawas is best known for co-founding and leading Athira Pharma/M3 Biotechnology corporate and technological development and her ...

The firm, co-led by the Kayne Anderson co-founder, seeks $150 million for its first fund Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors co-founder...

Following her ouster as CEO of Athira Pharma, Leen Kawas has found a new home, co-founding Los Angeles-based Propel Bio Partners, an...

When you think about it, business, like family, is all about relationships. The very tenets that keep a family functional and ...

Dr. Leen Kawas was the first woman in Washington state to lead a biotech company to its public debut in 20 years. As the co-founder of...

Leen Kawas, the co-founder of Athira Pharma, has launched a new venture based in Los Angeles and Seattle. She is now the co-founder and...

Co-founded by Richard Kayne of Kayne Anderson and biotech executive, Dr. Leen Kawas, Propel will support entrepreneurs advancing...

When I did a column five years ago citing a comment from Melinda Gates to a large audience of women that the technology industry was...

Leen Kawas, the Seattle biotech exec who resigned as CEO of Athira Pharma after an investigation found she had altered doctoral research...

The new venture comes five months after Kawas resigned from Athira, including her position on the company's board. Leen Kawas is...

Dr. Leen Kawas, an inventor, leader, and entrepreneur, shared her insights in improving clinical trial and clinical study result...

Leen Kawas, Ph.D., tries to look at many things in life a little differently. The company she co-founded, Athira Pharma, continues to...

Across many industries, we see women with talent and drive who aren't given the same opportunities for advancement as their male peers....

As a pharmacist and scientist, Dr. Leen Kawas understands the importance of running high-quality clinical trials. Through that lens,...

Dr. Kawas is a Co-Founder of Athira Pharma and the inventor of its lead drug candidate ATH-1017. She also invented several of the ...

Leen Kawas, Ph.D., has served as Athira’s chief executive officer and as a member of the board of directors since January 2014....

Dreaming big and being bold may not have been seen as ladylike a few year ago. But, as Bob Dylan said, “the times they are a-changin'.”...

Rob Wright, chief editor of Life Science Leader, recently conducted a COVID-19 leadership roundtable with five biopharmaceutical CEOs via...

The odds are stacked against women in business. But they're really stacked against women founders. Women who do start companies aren't...