Leen Kawas, president and chief executive officer of Athira Pharma, comes from a long line of successful, trailblazing women who placed an emphasis on inspiring the next generation, and she is driven to defeat neurodegenerative disease, which has stolen two of those women from her. Kawas lost her mother to a combination of neurodegenerative indications […]

Everyone experienced a variety of emotional reactions at the onset of the pandemic. Disbelief. Fear. Anxiety. The pandemic dramatically changed life as we knew it, as masks became commonplace, work shifted to the living room, and social interactions were but a thing of the past. These restrictions were implemented to protect people, and, as a […]

Lori La Bey will be talking with Leen Kawas, the President and Chief Executive Officer of Athira Pharma, a late clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing small molecules to restore neuronal health and stop neurodegeneration.  Joining them will be Doctor Anton Porsteinsson, who is a Professor of Psychiatry, Neurology, Neuroscience, and Medicine at the University […]