Dr. Elizabeth O'Day is the CEO and founder of Olaris Therapeutics a pharmaceutical company that develops precision medicines for diseases with little to no treatment options and dismal survival rates. Olaris technology will fundamentally change how these diseases are treated and diagnosed. Dr. O'Day is also the founder of Lizzard Fashion, an apparel company that uses fashion to promote science. Like feedback loops studied by scientists, science inspires fashion and fashion supports science. Partial Lizzard proceeds support cancer research. Additionally, Dr. O'Day initiated Proyecto Chispa (Project Spark), which recycles electronics and uses the resale of parts to build computer centers in orphanages throughout Latin America. She is also the founder of "Women in Science & Technology" (WST) at Boston College. WST is in its 7th year and has provided over 500 high-school-aged females and college students the opportunity to learn about careers in science. Dr. O’Day received her PhD from Harvard University. where she was a National Science Foundation fellow. She was one of eleven America scientists awarded a Winston Churchill fellowship and received a Master’s of Philosophy in Chemistry from the University of Cambridge. She has a Bachelors of Science degree from Boston College in Biochemistry. She was awarded all of the nation’s top undergraduate research honors (Beckman scholar, Goldwater Scholar, Churchill Fellow, NSF Fellow, National Institute of Chemistry Excellence Award).
