TARA STUART

Tara Stuart is Senior Patent Counsel II, IP and an IP therapeutic area lead at Gilead Sciences, where she and her team focus on patent strategy, prosecution, and portfolio management for programs in all stages of pharmaceutical development.  As a registered patent attorney, Tara was previously in private practice where she specialized in patent prosecution, litigation, and counseling with an emphasis in pharmaceuticals.  Tara received her JD from University of Illinois Chicago John Marshall and an MS in Chemistry from Indiana University. She was formerly an oncology research scientist at Loyola University Medical School.