Karolina Maria Nowak holds the position of Director of the Department of Innovation and International Cooperation at the Medical Research Agency (ABM) in Warsaw, Poland.

In her role, she is responsible for shaping and implementing the Agency’s strategy to support innovation in medical research, biotechnology development, translational R&D, and clinical trials at the national level in Poland. For example, she publicly described how ABM has funded significant non-commercial clinical trials and set up a network of clinical research support centres across the country.

Her scientific experience includes work in pharmaceuticals, drug formulations, molecular biology, and biotechnology. She is listed as an inventor of a patent for a new pharmaceutical drug formulation targeted to patients with alveolar osteitis (“dry socket”). Beyond academic research, she has managed two commercial drug-development projects.

Karolina Maria Nowak combines deep scientific credentials with innovation-management experience. Her profile brings together:

Advanced academic and scientific training in pharmaceutical sciences, molecular biology and R&D.
International exposure (Stanford, Harvard/Dana-Farber) and business education (MBA).
Leadership at a national agency (ABM) responsible for fostering medical research, biotechnology development and clinical trials infrastructure in Poland.
A strategic focus on enabling translational research, commercialization of biotech, and broadening access to innovative therapies for patients.