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Meraf Eyassu is a Executive Director of Clinical Operations at Terns Pharmaceuticals. Meraf has over 20 years experience working in biotech, health and the pharmaceutical industry. She has managed and overseen large global clinical trials in various therapeutic areas and multiple phases of development.

Dr. Balch has 23 years of executive leadership in the nonprofit sector spanning multiple areas both nationally and internationally including access and affordability, health equity, prevention and early detection, and patient-centered research. He earned his PhD in environmental studies with a concentration in political economy in 2003 from the University of California, Santa Cruz; his master’s degree in environmental sciences in 1997 from the University of Texas in San Antonio; his bachelor’s degree in biology in 1994 from Trinity University in San Antonio.