Frances Toneguzzo is currently the Director of the Office of Corporate Sponsored Research and Licensing at Massachusetts General Hospital. The Office of Corporate Sponsored Research and Licensing oversees the management and licensing of intellectual property and serves as the entry point for all industrial relationships relating to research, support of research or technology transfer at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Prior to coming to MGH, Toneguzzo served as Director of the Office for Technology and Industry Collaboration at Tufts University/New England Medical Center and as Associate Director, responsible for intellectual property relating to the life sciences at Harvard University. Toneguzzo comes from the biotech industry, having played various roles at big pharma and startup companies.
Frances Toneguzzo holds a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from McMaster University in Canada.
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