Senior Research Scientist
Gilead Sciences, Inc.
Jared Pitts, PhD is a Senior Research Scientist in the Discovery Virology group at Gilead Sciences. Prior to joining Gilead, Jared received his PhD in Molecular Microbiology from Tufts University School of Medicine under the guidance of Ekaterina Heldwein, studying the structure of herpesvirus proteins involved in trafficking. He then joined to lab of Priscilla Yang at Harvard Medical School for his post-doctoral training with a focus on identifying novel flavivirus inhibitors. Jared transitioned to industry in 2018, joining Ring Therapuetics as a Reserach Scientist in Structural Virology. Since joining Gilead in early 2020, Jared has focused his efforts on identifying and characterizing novel therapeutics for respiratory and emerging viral infection. As part of these efforts, he played a critical role in the team that discovered and characterized Obeldesivir.