Deborah Mortensen is a Senior Director in the Medicinal Chemistry Department at the Bristol Myers Squibb site in San Diego. Since joining Celgene, now BMS, in 2000, Deborah has worked on a variety of drug discovery programs, in both Oncology and Inflammation therapeutic areas. She has served as Project Team Leader on a number of projects, and has delivered multiple compounds into clinical development. Dr Mortensen holds a bachelors in chemistry from Northwestern University and a Ph.D. in organic chemistry from the University of Illinois.