Entrepreneur in Residence
Metrum Research Group
Dr. Marc Gastonguay has dedicated more than 30 years to science, advocacy, innovation, and education in the discipline of pharmacometrics. He is the founder and former CEO of Metrum Research Group, a decision informatics company and leading provider of strategic biomedical modeling and simulation solutions. He currently serves the company as Entrepreneur in Residence and Chairman of the Board. Dr. Gastonguay received a BS in Pharmacy from the University of Connecticut, a PhD in Pharmacology from Georgetown University School of Medicine, and completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the US Food and Drug Administration. Through graduate faculty and adjunct faculty appointments, Dr. Gastonguay has advised more than 25 doctoral students and postdoctoral fellows at multiple research institutions in the U.S. Dr. Gastonguay is a founding Director and Fellow of the International Society of Pharmacometrics (ISoP), and a member of the American Society of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics. He has been individually recognized with several awards and distinctions and readily acknowledges the important contributions of the entire hard working and innovative team at Metrum Research Group for all of these achievements (ISoP Leadership Award, the ASCPT Sheiner-Beal Pharmacometrics Award, the ACCP/Bristol Myers Squibb Mentorship in Clinical Pharmacology Award, the ISoP Lewis B. Sheiner Lecturer Award, the University of Connecticut Distinguished Alumnus Award, and the ISoP Innovation Award). Dr. Gastonguay has published more than 75 manuscripts and 150 abstracts. His current interests include quantitative approaches to quality decision-making in drug development and innovation at the intersection of quantitative biomedical disciplines. He is also a strong advocate and contributor to open-science initiatives, including open-source software, open disease models, and open courseware.