Kirsten Cummiskey
Senior Principal Engineer Genentech
Kirsten Cummiskey is a Senior Principal Engineer at Genentech with extensive expertise in medical device design, preclinical testing, and clinical research. Her professional background includes key scientific and engineering roles at Novartis, Gyroscope Therapeutics, DePuy Synthes, and Exponent. Drawing from her experience in orthopedics and neurosurgery medical device analysis, she is deeply passionate about improving drug delivery via novel platforms. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Iowa alongside M.Eng. and B.Sc. degrees from Cornell University and is a liscensed Professional Engineer.
Seminars
Wednesday 20th January 2027
Engineering Precision Delivery: Integrating Device Engineering, Preclinical Modeling, & Molecule Development for Efficient Therapeutic Selection
3:15 pm
- Understand how developing species-specific delivery to reliably target the tissue of interest improves therapeutic down selection
- See how our team has modified our clinical devices for preclinical anatomy, how we evaluate the designs, and what cross-functional subject matter experts should be included
- Learn how subretinal delivery of AAV gene therapy via alternative routes effects ocular inflammatory profiles
