Steven Abood, JD, PhD

Steven Abood brings a rare combination of scientific depth and legal expertise to the Jacob Zabara Foundation. An attorney and molecular biologist, he holds a JD with honors from Emory University School of Law and a PhD in molecular biology, and was awarded a fellowship from the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science, during which he conducted research at the University of Tokyo.

Steven’s career has moved fluidly between science and law in service of biomedical innovation. He spent six years working on medicinal patents at Emory University in conjunction with attorneys at King & Spalding, and later practiced as an attorney in biomedical litigation — giving him a distinctive ability to understand the scientific, intellectual property, and legal dimensions of the foundation’s work simultaneously.

At the Zabara Foundation, Steven leads the development and stewardship of the foundation’s intellectual property — bringing his expertise in neuroscience, molecular biology, and biomedical IP to bear on the questions at the heart of our mission: which science is worth funding, which innovations can be protected and advanced, and how Jake Zabara’s pioneering work in vagus nerve stimulation can continue to shape the field for decades to come.