Danielle Economo

Dr. Danielle Friend received her Ph.D. in neuroscience in 2013 from the University of Utah where her work focused on drug addiction and toxicity. After completing her graduate work, Danielle conducted postdoctoral research on the relationship between obesity and reward circuits in the brain at the National Institutes of Health. In 2016, Danielle was selected as a Science and Technology Policy Fellow with the American Association for the Advancement of Science. During her fellowship Danielle developed policies related to genomic and scientific data sharing within the Office of the Director, in the Office of Science Policy at the National Institutes of Health. In 2017, Danielle joined the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) as a Director of Science and Regulatory Affairs where she covered BIO’s work on various topics including rare diseases and orphan drugs, pediatric drug development, cell and gene therapies, and PDUFA VII among others. Danielle joined Janssen Research and Development as a Director of Regulatory Policy and Intelligence in August 2021 and much of her work focuses on policy pertaining to digital R&D. Danielle currently leads the US Policy and Intelligence Team at Janssen.