Mohamed S.

AI Strategy Lead @ Pfizer R&D | Turning AI into real drug-development impact | Clinical Pharmacology & Precision Medicine | 100+ publications | Board Member

New London County, Connecticut, United States

About

Scientist and AI strategist — I turn AI from a buzzword into tools that make drug development faster, smarter, and more patient-centric. I sit where three worlds rarely meet — clinical science, applied AI/ML, and drug-development strategy — and my job is to connect them so breakthrough medicines reach patients sooner. Here's the shape of that work: 🔬 Deep scientific roots — Pharmacist, PhD, two master's, two postdocs. 10+ years building pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic/pharmacogenomic and machine-learning models to explain why patients respond differently to the same drug. 🤖 AI in practice, not slideware — Built GenAI platforms that speed R&D document generation and trial startup, and ML models predicting cancer survival and drug-response differences in safety and efficacy. 💊 Drug development, end-to-end — Phase I–IV trials across Internal Medicine, Oncology, Immunology, and Infectious Disease; regulatory interactions with FDA, EMA, and PMDA. 📈 Science with reach — 100+ peer-reviewed papers & conference proceedings (NEJM, The Lancet, Circulation, CPT), ~3,500+ citations, 40+ talks at major venues. 🤝 Service to the field — ASCPT Board of Directors; editorial roles at CPT and Clinical and Translational Science; mentor to postdocs, PharmD, and graduate students. 🏆 Recognized — Pfizer's William E. Upjohn Prizes, ACCP Tanabe Young Investigator Award, UF 40 Under 40. Always glad to connect with others working at the edge of AI and life sciences.

Experience

  • Pfizer (7 yrs 7 mos)
    • AI Strategy Lead
      Jul 2025 - Present · 1 yr 1 mo

    • Director, Clinical Pharmacology & Pharmacometrics
      Jul 2024 - Jun 2025 · 1 yr

    • Associate Director, Clinical Pharmacology & Pharmacometrics
      Jan 2022 - Jun 2024 · 2 yrs 6 mos

  • American Society for Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics (10 yrs 6 mos)
    • Past Chair, Scientific Program Committee, ASCPT 2026 Annual Meeting
      Jun 2025 - Present · 1 yr 2 mos

    • Editorial Board member for ASCPT Family Journal "Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics"
      Jan 2021 - Present · 5 yrs 7 mos

    • Member, Steering Committee, Translational Informatics Community
      Apr 2018 - Present · 8 yrs 4 mos

  • Co-Chair, Communications Committee at Pharmacogenomics Global Research Network
    Jun 2020 - Jul 2022 · 2 yrs 2 mos

  • University of Florida (7 yrs 5 mos)
    • Senior Fellow in Pharmacogenomics & Precision Medicine
      Feb 2017 - Dec 2018 · 1 yr 11 mos

    • Fellow in Informatics at the University of Florida Informatics Institute
      Aug 2016 - Jul 2018 · 2 yrs

      Advisor: Dr. George Michailidis, Ph.D.

    • Fellow in Pharmacogenomics & Precision Medicine
      Jan 2016 - Jan 2017 · 1 yr 1 mo

      Advisor: Dr. Julie A. Johnson, Pharm.D.

  • Pre-doctoral Research Fellow at American Heart Association | American Stroke Association
    Jul 2014 - Dec 2015 · 1 yr 6 mos