Project 8p Science Director

We are seeking a highly motivated candidate to lead multi-faceted research programs in
academia or industry to accelerate moving discoveries out of the lab and into clinical
development across multiple therapeutic modalities (drug repurposing, gene therapies, etc).

Project 8p Executive Director

We seek a creative fundraising Executive Director with at least 10 years of work experience to advance medical and science-based initiatives to target, qualify, engage and, with the Board Chair, directly solicit individual, institutional donors and venture philanthropy solutions.

The Project 8p Foundation (Project 8p) was created in 2018 to:

  • Accelerate future treatments, not only for 8p, but potentially for other chromosome-wide diseases as well.
  • Lead with knowledge from patients. Currently, there is no cure for 8p disorders, nor is there a standard course of treatment.

The Project 8p Foundation (Project 8p) was created in 2018 to:

  • Raise transformative funding for pioneering scientific research into treatments for a complex, rare disease involving 250+ affected genes on the short arm of the 8 th chromosome (8p). Rearrangements of these genes causes significant abnormalities to the entire neurological system, thus all organs and functions of the body– with variance in cognitive functions, gross motor skills, social development and other challenges during infancy, and throughout life;
  • Empower a unified community of 8p patients and their families so they can have meaningful lives today; and
  • Accelerate future treatments, not only for 8p, but potentially for other chromosome-wide diseases as well.