Robert Martone

Robert Martone is a research scientist with deep expertise in neurodegeneration, neuro-oncology, biomarkers and drug discovery. He investigated hereditary neuropathies and the molecular biology of the blood-brain barrier at Columbia University and subsequently managed a portfolio of drug discovery programs at Wyeth Neuroscience targeting Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases. He was the neuroscience therapeutic area lead for the Labcorp Biomarker Center of Excellence and later established a protein biomarker laboratory at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. More recently, he was director of preclinical research at Cognition Therapeutics and later supported late-stage biomarker and diagnostics efforts at Biogen. He is currently an associate director supporting neurology biomarkers at the Labcorp Biomarker Solution Center.