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Board & Advisors

Our highly skilled leadership team is supported by world-class industry advisors

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Alexandra Cantley, Ph.D.

Partner, Polaris Partners

Previously: Inzen Therapeutics, Vertex Pharmaceuticals

Education: Ph.D. in Chemical Biology, Harvard University; Bachelor of Arts, New York University

Yingmin Wang, Ph.D.

Director, MedTech, ClavystBio

Previously: Applied Materials Southeast Asia, Singapore Economic Development Board, Antler, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)

Education: Ph.D. in Bioengineering, California Institute of Technology (Caltech); Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering, Duke University

Steve Kafka, Ph.D.

Managing Partner, Section 32

Previously: Thrive Earlier Detection, ArcherDX, Foundation Medicine, Third Rock Ventures

Education: Ph.D. in Political Economy and Government, Harvard University; Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Political Science, Stanford University

Stanley Lapidus

Former Board of Directors Member, Glympse Bio

Previously: Cytyc, Exact Sciences, SynapDx, Helicos Biosciences, Pillar VC

Education: Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art 

Huilin Shao, Ph.D.

Founder, Sunbird Bio and Presidential Young Professor / Principal Investigator, National University of Singapore

Education: Ph.D. in Biophysics, Harvard University; Ph.D. in Biomedical / Medical Engineering, Harvard Medical School and MIT; Bachelor of Arts in Biological Sciences and Physics, Cornell University

John McDonough

Chief Executive Officer, Executive Chairman, Sunbird Bio

Previously: Seventh Sense Biosystems, T2 Biosystems, Cytyc Corporation

Education: Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Stonehill College

CLINICAL ADVISORS

Jeffrey L. Cummings, M.D., Sc.D., FAAN

Joy Chambers-Grundy Professor of Brain Sciences; Director, Chambers-Grundy Center for Transformative Neuroscience

Currently: Co-Director, Pam Quirk Brain Health and Biomarker Laboratory, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Co-Director, Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias Innovation Incubator (NNOVATOR); Department of Brain Health, School of Integrated Health Sciences, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)

Previously: Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, Las Vegas; Mary S. Easton Center for Alzheimer’s Disease Research at University of California, Los Angeles; Deane F. Johnson Center for Neurotherapeutics at University of California, Los Angeles

Education: Neurology Residency and Fellowship, Boston University; Research Fellowship in Neuropathology and Neuropsychiatry, National Hospital for Nervous Diseases, London

Marwan Sabbagh, M.D., FAAN

Behavioral Neurologist, Alzheimer’s and Memory Disorders Program, and Professor and Vice Chair of Research, Department of Neurology, Barrow Neurological Institute

Previously: Cleveland Clinic; Banner Health; University of California, San Diego School of Medicine

Education: Doctor of Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson; Neurology Residency, Baylor College of Medicine

Joshua Bornhorst, Ph.D.

Director, Metals Laboratory, and Director, Clinical Immunoassay Lab, Mayo Clinic

Previously: Arkansas Children’s Hospital; University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences; Physicians Laboratory of America

Education: Ph.D. in Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder; Clinical Chemistry Fellowship, University of Utah

SCIENTIFIC ADVISORS

Bob Langer 

David H. Koch Institute Professor, Langer Lab, MIT

Previously and Current: Founder of more than 30 companies, including Moderna and InVivo

Education: Sc.D. in Chemical Engineering, MIT

Sangeeta Bhatia, Ph.D. 

Co-Founder, Matrisome Bio, Port Therapeutics, Satellite Bio, Glympse Bio; Fellow / Board of Trustees, Brown University; Board of Directors, Vertex Pharmaceuticals; and Professor / Director, Marble Center for Cancer Nanomedicine, MIT

Previously: Hepregen, National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Education: Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering, MIT; MS in Mechanical Engineering, MIT; Doctor of Medicine, Harvard University

Gabriel Kwong, Ph.D.  

Co-Founder, Port Therapeutics, Glympse Bio; Associate Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology / Director, Laboratory for Synthetic Immunity

Previously: Postdoctoral Fellow, MIT

Education: Ph.D. in Bioengineering, Caltech

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