Silo Pharma, Inc. Names Joshua Woolley to Newly Formed Scientific Advisory Board
November 16, 2020 at 09:40 am
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Silo Pharma Inc. announced that its Board of Directors has named scientific research investigator Dr. Joshua Woolley, M.D. /Ph.D. to its newly formed Scientific Advisory Board.
Dr. Joshua Woolley M.D. /Ph.D. is an Associate Professor in Residence, Department of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) as well as a staff psychiatrist in Mental Health at the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center (SFVAMC). Throughout his career, Dr. Woolley has moved between the clinical and research laboratory, focusing his area of study on understanding and treating social cognitive deficits across various mental illness diagnoses. Dr. Woolley is currently the principal investigator and founder of the Bonding and Attunement in Neuropsychiatric Disorders (BAND) Laboratory. The mission of the BAND Lab is to understand the mechanisms of social connection in general, understand why people with mental illness have trouble with social connection, and develop and test novel treatments for these deficits. Dr. Woolley has been studying the mechanisms underlying social cognitive deficits found across different mental illness diagnoses including schizophrenia, posttraumatic stress disorder and substance use disorders. He is also investigating the psychobiological mechanisms underlying group cohesion and trust as well as developing pharmacologically enhanced group interventions for these psychiatric illnesses.
Silo Pharma, Inc. is a developmental stage biopharmaceutical company. The Company is focused on developing novel therapeutics that address underserved conditions including stress-induced psychiatric disorders, chronic pain conditions, and central nervous system (CNS) diseases. It is engaged in acquiring and/or developing intellectual property or technology rights from universities and researchers to treat rare diseases, including the use of psychedelic drugs, such as psilocybin, and the potential benefits they may have in certain cases involving depression, mental health issues and neurological disorders. The Companyâs lead program, SPC-15, is an intranasal treatment targeting PTSD and stress-induced anxiety disorders. Its SP-26 is a time-release ketamine-loaded implant for fibromyalgia and chronic pain relief. Its two preclinical programs are SPC-14, an intranasal compound for the treatment of Alzheimerâs disease, and SPU-16, a CNS-homing peptide targeting multiple sclerosis (MS).
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