Jennifer Lord Bessen
About Jennifer Lord Bessen
Jennifer Lord Bessen is the Director and Asset/Indication Lead at Bristol-Myers Squibb in Lawrenceville, NJ, with extensive experience in clinical data sciences and biostatistics.
Current Position at Bristol-Myers Squibb
Jennifer Lord Bessen serves as the Director and Asset/Indication Lead at Bristol-Myers Squibb, based in Lawrenceville, NJ. In her role, she oversees the development and implementation of optimal clinical outcomes assessment (COA) strategies, specifically focusing on immuno-oncology clinical trial protocols. Jennifer is responsible for analyzing trial COA data, guiding the interpretation of results for medical communications, and supporting health authority submissions.
Tenure at MedAvante-ProPhase and ProPhase, LLC
From 2017 to 2018, Jennifer worked as Vice President, Clinical Data Sciences at MedAvante-ProPhase and then at ProPhase, LLC, both in the Greater New York City Area. Prior to her vice-presidential role, she was the Director of Clinical Data Sciences at ProPhase, LLC from 2016 to 2017 and also served as Senior Statistician for a brief period in 2015. During her tenure, she was responsible for data science leadership in clinical trials.
Academic Roles and Research Positions
Jennifer has an extensive academic and research background. She served as an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the CUNY School of Professional Studies from 2015 to 2016. Furthermore, she was a Consulting Biostatistician at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in 2015. Her early roles include being a Predoctoral Research Fellow at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center from 2011 to 2013 and a Graduate Teaching Assistant at Fordham University in 2011.
Educational Background
Jennifer earned her Ph.D. in Psychometrics and Quantitative Psychology from Fordham University between 2010 and 2014. She also obtained a Master of Arts in Psychology from the same institution from 2010 to 2012. Earlier, she completed a Master of Arts in Educational Psychology at Columbia University in the City of New York from 2000 to 2002, and a Bachelor of Science in Actuarial Science from Lebanon Valley College from 1985 to 1989.
Previous Industry Experience
Jennifer’s career includes various roles in the education and healthcare sectors. She was an Academic Instructor at Wilmington Job Corps Center from 2009 to 2010 and founded The Women's Roundtable from 2008 to 2009. Additionally, she worked as a Realtor at Keller Williams Realty from 2005 to 2009 and taught Mathematics at New York City Lab School for Collaborative Studies and Stanton Middle School from 2001 to 2005. Early in her career, she was a Technical Writer and Project Manager at Canright & Paule and Buzzcompany.com from 1998 to 1999.