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Advisory Team

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Ellen Wingard

Loraine Upham, M.B.A.

James Boyle, Ph.D.

 LEADERSHIP CONSULTANT 


Ms. Ellen Wingard is an early innovator in the field of leadership development and has for 30 years coached and advised CEOs and emerging leaders in health care, financial services, consumer goods, pharmaceuticals, technology and higher education. She is co-author of Enlightened Leadership: How Women are Transformin

 LEADERSHIP CONSULTANT 


Ms. Ellen Wingard is an early innovator in the field of leadership development and has for 30 years coached and advised CEOs and emerging leaders in health care, financial services, consumer goods, pharmaceuticals, technology and higher education. She is co-author of Enlightened Leadership: How Women are Transforming the Practice of Leadership. She is past Board Chair of World Pulse Media, an media channel linking 50,000 grassroots leaders across 190 countries, and a member of the Women’s Leadership Board at Harvard Kennedy School, where she engages with 150 top global corporate leaders on the latest practices in global talent development, gender inclusion and socially responsible business. She is part of the Executive Coaching pool of the Harvard Business School Executive Education Program and has been a commentator on career navigation and intergenerational mentoring to the Committee of 200, the Fletcher School International Business Program, Harvard Kennedy School, and NPR Marketplace. She has also served as a Mentor for the Impact Center a program affiliated with the Federal Leadership Program for distinguished public sector women leaders.

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James Boyle, Ph.D.

Loraine Upham, M.B.A.

James Boyle, Ph.D.

ALLIANCE MANAGEMENT STRATEGIST


Dr. James (Jim) Boyle is a co-founder and the Managing Director of the Yale Entrepreneurial Institute (YEI), a business/educational unit within Yale University that was formed with the mission of mentoring students with new venture ideas and that has expanded to include the development of faculty ventures. Pr

ALLIANCE MANAGEMENT STRATEGIST


Dr. James (Jim) Boyle is a co-founder and the Managing Director of the Yale Entrepreneurial Institute (YEI), a business/educational unit within Yale University that was formed with the mission of mentoring students with new venture ideas and that has expanded to include the development of faculty ventures. Prior to forming YEI, Jim was responsible within the Office of Cooperative Research (OCR) for the licensing and venture startup of a number of engineering-based technologies. Before joining OCR, he developed and actively managed the University’s largest corporate research alliance, managing a large array of both Yale and external scientists in bioimaging-based collaborations. Earlier, Jim co-founded and grew a predictive analytics consulting practice, providing both technical and pricing guidance on new product development to a wide array of Fortune 1000 companies in the scientific equipment industry. Jim began his entrepreneurial career while still a Yale graduate student, developing novel instruments for characterizing trace biomolecules with the support of the National Institutes of Health, and later commercializing these devices through a wide array of OEM partnerships as part of a Yale startup.

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Loraine Upham, M.B.A.

Loraine Upham, M.B.A.

Loraine Upham, M.B.A.

BIOTECH  COMMERCIAL STRATEGIST


Ms. Loraine Upham's 30-year career in biotechnology and business ranges from basic research in the Molecular Genetics Research Laboratories at Eli Lilly and Company, to design and marketing of nuclear and fluorescence detection instrumentation at Packard BioScience (now Perkin Elmer), to process and business 

BIOTECH  COMMERCIAL STRATEGIST


Ms. Loraine Upham's 30-year career in biotechnology and business ranges from basic research in the Molecular Genetics Research Laboratories at Eli Lilly and Company, to design and marketing of nuclear and fluorescence detection instrumentation at Packard BioScience (now Perkin Elmer), to process and business development at a proteomic start up, Prolexys. In 2005, she co-founded CureDM, Inc. together with two endocrinologists, to develop a novel diabetes treatment which she co-invented; as founding CEO of CureDM, she successfully obtained over $5M in financing and engineered partnerships to conduct basic research and establish the proof of concept for the diabetes drug which is now Phase II ready. Lori received a B.A. in Biology from University of Pennsylvania and an M.B.A from Arizona State University. She is a board member of numerous biotech companies and participates on the Investment Committee of the ABQid/CNM Ingenuity venture fund.


About Founder & CEO, Dr. Sophia Ononye-Onyia

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Multidisciplinary Background

BS Honors, Biochemistry, BGSU
MPH, Public Health Administration, UTOLEDO

MBA, Healthcare Administration, UCONN

PhD, Medicinal Chemistry, UCONN

Advanced Business Certificate, Healthcare Finance, UCONN

Predoctoral Fellow, Pharmaceutical Science, AFPE

Postdoctoral Fellow, Medical Oncology, YALE

9 peer-reviewed publications PUBMED

10+ publications in influential media outlets

Patent on epigenetic agents (WO2013192554A1)

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Professional Summary

Dr. Sophia Nnenna Ononye-Onyia is a Nigerian-American entrepreneur, former Pfizer scientist and Yale-trained molecular oncologist who utilizes her multidisciplinary background (PhD, MPH, MBA) and diverse therapeutic area experience to advise clients in the life science industry.

She is the Founder and CEO of The Sophia Consulting Firm where she leads client counsel in the biotech and health tech space on strategic marketing, social media and corporate communications with the goal of amplifying scientific innovation. Most recently, Dr. Ononye-Onyia was selected to join the inaugural class of the EY Entrepreneurs Access Network (EAN) and is the President of the New York Chapter Board of Directors for the Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association (HBA).

Dr. Ononye-Onyia is also the host of her firm’s Amplifying Scientific Innovation Podcast where she interviews CEOs and senior executives in biotech and Big Pharma companies on their unique leadership journey, corporate vision and industry outlook. Under her firm's "Amplifying Scientific Innovation" platform, she recently launched her Virtual College Seminars and Virtual Professional Conferences to bolster community engagement.

She serves as a Key Advisor and Board Member for Biotech and HealthTech companies in addition to universities and professional societies. She’s an Editorial Advisory Board Member for Cell & Gene, member of the Entrepreneur Leadership Network and contributor for several leading outlets inclusive of Inc. (Link: https://bit.ly/32OY8SO) and MIT Technology Review (Link: https://bit.ly/2ORT9Zf).

Dr. Ononye-Onyia is the recipient of numerous honors and awards, including two consecutive HBA Spark Awards (2019, 2020); a 2020 Dell Women's Entrepreneurial Network (DWEN) Woman of the Week recognition; and a 2019 Congressional Letter of Recognition for the Face2Face Africa 30 Black Stars Transformational Business Leader award. Most recently, Commetric recognized her as the Top Digital Health Influencer on Twitter in the FemTech/Women's Health space.

To learn more, visit sophiaconsultingfirm.com, connect on Twitter (twitter.com/drsophiao) and subscribe to The Sophia Consulting Firm's YouTube Channel: https://bit.ly/3krHsHm. 

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Professional Affiliations

Host, Amplifying Scientific Innovation Podcast

Member, EY Entrepreneurs Access Network (EAN)

President, Healthcare Businesswomen Association (HBA),  NY Chapter Board of Directors

Entrepreneur-in-Residence, YALE

Women in Business Advisor, UCONN

Invited Guest Speaker, UCONN

Key Advisor, BioSortia Pharmaceuticals

Expert Advisory Board (EAB) Member, Catalant Technologies

Member, Entrepreneur Leadership Network

Member, Female Founders Collective

Woman of the Week, Dell Women's Entrepreneur Network (DWEN)

Member, Massachusetts Biotechnology Council (MASSBIO)

Contributing Writer, Inc. Magazine

Woman of The Week (WoW) Podcast Guest, PharmaVoice

Guest Contributor & Host, Pharmacy Podcast Network

Venture Partner, FundRx

Advisor, Harvard Biomedical Careers Science Program

Editorial Advisory Board Member, Cell & Gene

Panelist, MIT Technology Review

Contributor, Life Science Leader

Contributor, PharmaBoardRoom

Member, NYC Health Business Leaders

HBA Mentor Recognition

Spark Awardee, HBA (2 awards)

Certificate of Congressional Recognition,  30 Black Stars Award

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Lead + Influence

Top Digital Health Influencer (2021)

In January 2021, Dr. Sophia Ononye-Onyia was featured as the Most Influential Digital Health Influencer in FemTech on Twitter by Commetric, a media analytics solution company. 

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In July 2020, Dr. Ononye-Onyia  published her story as a Nigerian-American STEM Entrepreneur in Inc.
Learn + Amplify

In the News: Inc. (2020)

Dr. Sophia Ononye-Onyia's story as a Nigerian-American Millennial Female STEM Entrepreneur was featured  on Inc. 

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Engage + Amplify

Engaging with Academia

Dr. Sophia Ononye-Onyia recently launched Amplifying Scientific Innovation: Virtual College Seminars to engage with  students and faculty. She will be sharing her experiences as an African-born Scientist, Entrepreneur, Biotech Advisor and Podcaster. 

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Connect + Grow

Connecting with Professional Associations

In Fall 2020, Dr. Sophia Ononye-Onyia launched Amplifying Scientific Innovation: Virtual Professional Conferences to amplify the firm's service offerings while building relationships with key industry leaders and professionals in the life science industry.  

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Transcend + Grow

Transcending and Scaling

Dr. Sophia Ononye-Onyia was recently selected to join the inaugural class of EY Entrepreneurs Access Network (EAN). The EAN is part of an elite community of Black and Latinx business leaders with tailored programs designed to transcend barriers and scale businesses.

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Lead + Influence

Leading with Purpose

Dr. Sophia Ononye-Onyia was recently selected to serve as the President of the Healthcare Businesswomen's Association (HBA), New York Chapter Board of Directors. 

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