Avery Ince MD PhD is a Vice President in Medical Affairs at Janssen North America. He heads the medical team in the Cardiovascular Franchise, and is passionate about addressing health disparities in the CV space. He previously served as the US Scientific & Medical Affairs Strategy Head at Janssen NA and, before that, was the Vice President of Medical Affairs at Janssen China. Avery got his start in industry with Merck where he designed Phase 2 and Phase 3 clinical trials in Rahway, NJ before leaving the US to lead large medical teams in Asia-Pacific. Before joining industry, Avery completed Internal Medicine residency and Endocrine fellowship training at the Massachusetts General Hospital, and held a faculty position with clinical, teaching and research responsibilities at Harvard Medical School. Avery earned his M.D. as well as a Ph.D. in Cell Biology, both at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He has an undergraduate degree in Biomedical Engineering from Brown University. Avery, his wife and their teenage daughters have recently returned to the US after living in China for 9 years, and they currently reside in Philadelphia, PA.