Dr. Pamela Pavco currently serves as Chief Development Officer for RXi Pharmaceuticals Corp. She joined RXi Pharmaceuticals in March of 2007 and most recently served as the senior vice president of Pharmaceutical Development until April 2012. Dr. Pavco has over 25 years of research and development experience in oligonucleotides and was senior director, research and development project management at Sirna Therapeutics from 2002 until 2006. Dr. Pavco has authored numerous scientific articles and contributed to approximately 58 patents and patent applications in the oligonucleotide therapeutics field. Dr. Pavco received a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Virginia Commonwealth University in 1983 and did her post-doctoral work at Duke University.