Joanna Schulman is a Life Sciences Principal Advisor at Larta Institute; in this capacity, Joanna provides one-on-one business mentoring to the innovative companies that participate in the Larta-managed National Institutes of Health Commercialization Assistance Program (NIH-CAP). Joanna has been part of the Larta team since 2006.

Joanna Schulman is founder and managing partner of Thallo Bioscience Advisors, LLC a financial and strategic advisory firm serving clients globally in the life sciences sector. She has extensive experience working with organizations ranging from startups to multinational enterprises providing advisory services in the areas of corporate financing & growth strategies, asset acquisition & divestiture, M&A, partnering and alliances, licensing opportunities, company/product positioning and capital raising.

Prior to establishing Thallo, Joanna worked with Deloitte to build their national/international life sciences practice and has held various executive positions in industry including Vice President of pharmaceutical commodities trading company and Consulting Director to Pathways Cancer Center.

Joanna is and active participant, committee member and speaker for industry organizations including BIO, BayBio, Larta & CHI. She has served on the board and steering committees for a wide range of non-profit and patient advocacy groups.