Prescott Leach, PhD

Prescott Leach, Ph.D., Principal Scientist, contributes to the in vivo pharmacology, PK/PD, and strategy efforts related to the advancement of Delix Therapeutics’ drug discovery programs. He has over 10 years of drug discovery experience in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry with a focus on behavioral assessment of therapeutic efficacy in disease models of neurodegenerative, neurodevelopmental, and psychiatric diseases.  

Prescott earned his B.S. in Biological Psychology and Cognitive Science from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, his Ph.D. in Psychology and Neuroscience from Temple University in Philadelphia and did his postdoctoral training with world-renowned behavioral neuroscientist Jackie Crawley at the University of California, Davis.”