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Lenn Murrelle, MSPH, PhDCo-Treasurer
Most recently the Senior Advisor and Principal Epidemiologist of Venebio Group, LLC, of which he was the founding President and CEO, Lenn has more than 35 years of global experience developing, leading and contributing to large-scale research on disease understanding and prevention, pharmacoepidemiology, pharmacogenomics, drug safety, treatment evaluation, bioinformatics, and biomarker discovery. Lenn has co-authored more than 100 scientific publications, technical reports and presentations in neuropsychiatry, substance use disorders, gastrointestinal and respiratory diseases, pharmacogenomics, tobacco harm reduction and adolescent mental health, and has twice received US Fulbright awards for biomedical research and teaching in Latin America.
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Since 1995, Lenn has had post-doctoral, tenure-track, adjunct and affiliate faculty positions in Human Genetics, Epidemiology, Community Health, Pharmacy, Pharmacotherapy and Outcomes Science at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Schools of Medicine and Pharmacy, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health and the Center for Health Studies in Medellín, Colombia. While at the VCU, he directed the largest twin registry in the United States, and served for 5 years on the National Advisory Council for the VCU School of Pharmacy.
Lenn has consulted for the National Institutes of Health, World Health Organization, Organization of American States, US Department of State, numerous major corporate clients and foreign ministries of health. Appointed in 2010 by the Governor to the Science Advisory Board of the Science Museum of Virginia, he also served on the Board of Directors of the Charter Colony Foundation and the Family and Community Health Foundation, and on the Board of Advisors for GENETWORx.
Lenn received his BA in Biology from Wake Forest University, MSPH in Epidemiology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and PhD in Psychiatric Epidemiology from the University of Pittsburgh. He completed post-doctoral training in genetic epidemiology at the Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics.
Lenn is a native North Carolinian, born in Greensboro and living at various times in Winston-Salem, Raleigh, Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and Cary. In 1958, Lenn’s grandfather bought a piece of property in Pamlico that had belonged for generations to the Lee family. This gave Lenn the opportunity to spend long summer months ‘at the river’, fishing, sailing and reading with his grandfather. Ten members of his family, including Lenn, have had the opportunity to attend Camp Don Lee, Camp Seagull or Camp Seafarer, back to the 1950s. As with many people, Pamlico County holds a special place in Lenn’s heart and he has been, for decades, awaiting the opportunity to retire to Pamlico County to enjoy the people, traditions and beauty of this extraordinary place.
Lenn has consulted for the National Institutes of Health, World Health Organization, Organization of American States, US Department of State, numerous major corporate clients and foreign ministries of health. Appointed in 2010 by the Governor to the Science Advisory Board of the Science Museum of Virginia, he also served on the Board of Directors of the Charter Colony Foundation and the Family and Community Health Foundation, and on the Board of Advisors for GENETWORx.
Lenn received his BA in Biology from Wake Forest University, MSPH in Epidemiology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and PhD in Psychiatric Epidemiology from the University of Pittsburgh. He completed post-doctoral training in genetic epidemiology at the Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics.
Lenn is a native North Carolinian, born in Greensboro and living at various times in Winston-Salem, Raleigh, Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and Cary. In 1958, Lenn’s grandfather bought a piece of property in Pamlico that had belonged for generations to the Lee family. This gave Lenn the opportunity to spend long summer months ‘at the river’, fishing, sailing and reading with his grandfather. Ten members of his family, including Lenn, have had the opportunity to attend Camp Don Lee, Camp Seagull or Camp Seafarer, back to the 1950s. As with many people, Pamlico County holds a special place in Lenn’s heart and he has been, for decades, awaiting the opportunity to retire to Pamlico County to enjoy the people, traditions and beauty of this extraordinary place.
