Odylia Therapeutics Names Ashley Winslow Its Chief Scientific Officer

Ashley Winslow is joining Atlanta, GA-based Odylia Therapeutics, a nonprofit organization that aims to accelerate the development of gene therapies for people with inherited retinal disease, as its chief scientific officer. Most recently she was the senior director of portfolio development and translational research at the Orphan Disease Center at the University of Pennsylvania; she also has prior experience at Pfizer (NYSE: [[ticker:PFE]]).

Author: Sarah de Crescenzo

Sarah is Xconomy's San Diego-based editor. Prior to joining the team in 2018, she wrote about startups, tech and finance at the San Diego Business Journal. Her decade of full-time news experience includes coverage of subjects including campaign finance, crime and courts as a reporter and editor at outlets throughout California, including the Orange County Register. She earned a bachelor's degree in English Literature at UC San Diego, where she wrote for the student newspaper and played collegiate lacrosse. In 2019, she earned an MBA at UC Irvine.