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Dr Sarmi Sri

she/her

Innovation and Business Manager

Biography

Roles & Responsibilities: Support translational sciences and activities; innovation portfolio management – IP and commercialisation, including licensing and spin-out formation; industry partnerships and collaborations.

Sarmi joined the UK DRI in February 2020 as Research Themes Project Manager within the Science Team. She moved into the Innovation and Business team in February 2025. Prior to her role at the UK DRI, she worked for over two and a half years at Eli Lilly UK, where she managed early phase drug discovery projects within the Translational Neuroscience and Pain Discovery group.

Sarmi completed her BSc in Biochemistry and MSc in Neuroscience, both at King’s College London, following which she undertook her PhD at the University of Southampton (2013-2017) studying cognitive and synaptic dysfunction in Alzheimer’s disease.