Vignery, Agnès M.

Agnès M. Vignery, Ph.D., D.D.S., associate professor of orthopaedics and rehabilitation, has been named Yale-Pfizer Global Discovery Visiting Professor for 2005. Vignery, whose research focuses on the developmental and reconstructive processes of bone, will serve as a consultant at Pfizer’s Groton (Conn.) laboratories. She will conduct collaborative research while gaining practical knowledge of the drug discovery and development process through interactions with the project teams. The program, which offers a 12-week position for one Yale faculty member to consult and do research on-site at Pfizer Global Research and Development, strengthens Yale-Pfizer alliances and provides Yale faculty with new collaborations and a better understanding of the pharmaceutical industry.