Sam Dolzani, PhD is a medical science liaison on Vertex Pharmaceuticals’ pain team. Sam has over 15 years of experience across academic and industry settings. His professional experience includes National Institutes of Health-sponsored neuroscience research and roles within the commercial or medical affairs divisions of Abbott, Johnson and Johnson, Biohaven, Pfizer, and Vertex Pharmaceuticals. He earned his PhD and Master’s in Neuroscience from the University of Colorado, where his research focused on the neural circuitry underlying stress-related psychiatric disorders (i.e., depression, anxiety, and PTSD), neuroinflammation, and pain. Sam has coauthored 9 peer-reviewed neuroscience publications.