Senior Management Team

Jamie Cope, Ph.D.

Senior Vice President, Research and Translational Medicine

Expertise

Dr. Cope is a drug discovery and development veteran with two decades of industry experience. He is responsible for directing the ongoing research and clinical development of Synchronicity Pharma’s Cryptochrome modulator program.

Background

Prior to joining Synchronicity, Dr. Cope helped invent two approved drugs: Kiklin®, and VeltassaTM, for the treatment of hyperphosphatemia and hyperkalemia, respectively. He has been deeply involved in the discovery and clinical development of multiple drug candidates for cardiorenal, metabolic and oncology indications.

Dr. Cope received his B.Sc. in Biochemistry from the University of Edinburgh and his Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom. He conducted postdoctoral work at the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, and at the University of California, Berkeley.