ONCOPEP - Key Persons
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- Scientist
- in 2023 As a Scientist
Amanda joined OncoPep in 2023 as a Scientist specializing in immuno-oncology. She received her PhD in Cancer Biology from Emory University in Atlanta, GA, where she investigated the role of MEK inhibition in combination with immune checkpoint inhibitors in advanced biliary tract cancer. Previously, she received both her Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences and Master of Science in Cellular and Molecular Biology from Quinnipiac University in Hamden, CT.
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- Chairman of the Board
- Chief Executive Officer
Arthur is the current CEO of Oncopep, a cancer vaccine company with proprietary peptides about to begin Phase II trials in metastatic Triple Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC). He is also the Chairman of the Board of VisgenX, a start up focussed on a novel approach to "Dry" Age Related Macular Degeneration (Dry AMD). He is a Venture Partner with CoBro Ventures and is on the Boards of NextRNA, AI Proteins and OncoPep. He is also a Managing Member of Madison Technology, LLC, an investment firm focused on early-stage Fin Tech and Web 3 ventures. Becker was formerly the Chairman & CEO of Zinio, LLC (2012-2015) the world's largest digital newsstand. Prior to joining Zinio, Mr. Becker was the CEO of NaviSite, a NASDAQ quoted company that provided internet technology and hosting services to businesses in the US and UK from 2002-2010.
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- Member of the Board
- Partner at NewSpring Capital
Bruce is a Partner at NewSpring Capital. Bruce was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at Barr Pharmaceuticals Inc. from 1994 to 2008. Prior to Barr, he was a Partner at Winston & Strawn LLP and Bishop, Cook, Purcell, and Reynolds. Bruce has been on the Board of Directors for Cardinal Health and Momenta Pharmaceuticals since 2009. He is also on the Board of Directors for C4 Therapeutics and Abon Pharmaceuticals. Bruce was the Chairman of Generic Pharmaceutical Association from 2006 to 2007. Mr. Downey received a BS degree from Miami University and a JD from Ohio State University.
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- Executive Assistant and HR Coordinator
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- Communications / PR Specialist
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- Associate Professor of Medicine / Harvard Medical School
Dr. Novina received his MD from Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons in 2000 and his PhD from Tufts University, Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences in 1998. He completed his postdoctoral fellowship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the laboratory of Nobel Laureate Dr. Phillip Sharp. In 2004, he joined Dana-Farber Cancer Institute & Harvard Medical School. His laboratory integrates basic science with development of advanced technologies to accelerate the translation of biological discoveries into novel therapies.
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- Vincent Astor Chair / Chair of Molecular Pharmacology and Chemistry / Sloan - Kettering Institute
Dr. Scheinberg is currently the Vincent Astor Chair and Chairman of the Molecular Pharmacology and Chemistry Program at the Sloan-Kettering Institute, Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology and Co-chair of the Pharmacology graduate program at the Weill-Cornell University Medical College and Professor in the Gerstner-Sloan Kettering Graduate School at MSKCC.
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- Chief Scientific Officer, Cobro Ventures
Dr. Klinman served as Principal Investigator at the National Cancer Institute, NIH, and the Center for Biologics of the FDA. His scientific expertise spans the fields of vaccinology, cancer immunotherapy and autoimmunity, having published over 350 articles in those areas. He currently serves as the CSO of Cobro Ventures.
Job Titles:
- Head of Vaccine Development
Doris has served in a variety of leadership roles for biopharmaceutical and healthcare companies including Genzyme (now Sanofi Genzyme). Most recently, Doris was Chief Executive Officer at Healagenics, a health-care technology firm focused on the wound-care market, and Vice President of Market Development at Antigenics (now Agenus), a cancer vaccine development company. Doris received her Bachelor of Science from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and her Master of Business Administration from Boston University.
Dr Tina Soulis has over 27 years of working in the healthcare (pharmaceuticals and devices), biotechnology, academic research, clinical research and management sectors in senior roles including: CEO of a Contract Research Organization, Director of a successful ASX200 company, VP of Clinical Strategy and Development with an innovative biotechnology company and now, Founder and Director of her own clinical consultancy company. A dynamic and strategic leader, Tina has an extensive network of stakeholders all over the world and experience in many therapeutic areas across all phases on development.
Tina holds academic appointments with University of Melbourne (teaching and supporting undergraduate pharmacology, honorary fellowship with The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health), and is a regular invited speaker locally and globally on a broad range of topics on Clinical trials, Research, Innovation and Industry Collaboration. Tina is one of the few Australian clinical development leaders who has successfully taken products from lab to regulatory approval.
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- Senior Research Associate
Eva is a Senior Research Associate at Oncopep. She received her BS in Biology at Fitchburg State University where she did her capstone research on behavioral syndromes in crayfish in relation to their potential to be an invasive species. Eva has 4 years of veterinary medicine experience as well as 5 years of in vivo research working with both medical devices and pharmacological products.
Jaehan Park - Chief Strategy Officer
Jaehan is the Chief Strategy Officer of OncoPep, Inc. He leads business & corporate strategy and business development. For the past two decades, Jaehan has served the world's leading innovative biotech/high-tech companies as an expert in strategy and business development, contributing to their phenomenal growth and globalization.
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- Executive VP / Associate Director for Transitional Research / Moffit Cancer Center
Dr. Mulé serves as Executive Vice President and Associate Center Director for Translational Research at Moffitt Cancer Center.
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- Member of the Board
- Co - Founder and Principal of EG Capital Group
Jay Eastman is a Co-founder and Principal of EG Capital Group, a family office/private equity firm based in New York City. The firm is primarily focused on buy-outs of, and growth capital for, small and medium sized companies primarily in the consumer/retail space in North America. Previously, he was a member of the mergers and acquisitions teams at JP Morgan in New York and London.
Jay has also been actively involved in the life sciences investing space in association with the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Jay is on the board of the T1D Fund, $175 million venture philanthropy fund with a focus on cure-oriented therapies for type one diabetes. Jay also chairs the Advisory Board at the Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center at Columbia University Medical Center.
Jay holds an M.B.A. from Columbia University and B.S. from Lake Forest College. He lives in NYC with his wife Katama and their four children.
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- Quality Systems Controller
After graduating with a Bachelor of Science from the University of Florida, Jen began her biotech career in 2002. For more than 10 years, she trained and worked within multiple disciplines both QC and QA based, several of those years in management level positions. In 2015, Jen transitioned into a QA consulting role, became a certified auditor and has a diverse portfolio of QMS building experience.
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- Scientific Founder / Lead Investigator, Harvard Medical School / Dana - Farber Cancer Institute
Dr. Anderson is the Kraft Family Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School as well as Director of the LeBow Institute for Myeloma Therapeutics and Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Center at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. He is a Doris Duke Distinguished Clinical Research Scientist and American Cancer Society Clinical Research Professor.
After graduating from Johns Hopkins Medical School, he trained in internal medicine at Johns Hopkins Hospital, and then completed hematology, medical oncology, and tumor immunology training at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Over the last four decades, he has focused his laboratory and clinical research studies on multiple myeloma. He has developed laboratory and animal models of the tumor in its microenvironment which have allowed for both identification of novel targets and validation of novel targeted therapies, and has then rapidly translated these studies to clinical trials culminating in FDA approval of novel targeted and immune therapies. His paradigm for identifying and validating targets in the tumor cell and its milieu has transformed myeloma therapy and markedly improved patient outcome.
Mike leads all strategic and operational efforts for OncoPep. He also serves as an EIR with Cobro Ventures. Prior to joining OncoPep as COO, Mike worked as a scientist, consultant, entrepreneur, and VC.
Mike's most recent role was with the American Cancer Society's VC fund (BrightEdge). In this role, he led the investment team, managed diligence efforts of all potential investment opportunities, and sat on the Investment Committee. During this time, Mike held Board Observer roles at Navigating Cancer, Tmunity, Freenome, and Interius. Prior to joining BrightEdge, Mike worked as an Associate Principal in the Life Sciences Practice of the CRA consulting group where he led global engagements in therapeutic area strategy, asset strategy, pipeline optimization, pricing & market access, M&A, and corporate strategy, primarily in oncology and immunology.
Mike was originally trained as a scientist, and his scientific experience includes co-founding SynActive Biosciences, a startup focused on stem cell-derived neuron technologies, and working as a Program Manager/Senior Scientist in the Biosciences Division at the Department of Defense. At the Department of Defense, Mike researched immunology and infectious disease with a focus on emerging pathogens and bio-terrorism threat agents. Additionally, he has authored many publications and has presented his research at leading academic conferences.
Mike received a Master of Science in genetics and a Bachelor of Science in bacteriology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an MBA in finance, strategy, and entrepreneurship from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He is conversant in German and Spanish.
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- Scientific Founder / Professor
Dr. Munshi received his MD from Maharaja Sayjirao University, India, in 1984. He completed his postgraduate training in Internal Medicine at SSG Hospital and Maharaja Sayjirao University, followed by fellowships at Johns Hopkins Oncology Center and Indiana University Medical Center. In 2001, he joined Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and is currently the Director of Basic and Correlative Science, Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Center.
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- Board Observer
- Co - Founder and Managing Director for the New York City
Norm Gretzinger is a Co-Founder and Managing Director for the New York City-based private equity firm EG Capital Group, LLC. Prior to establishing EG Capital, Norm served as head of North American consumer mergers and acquisitions for JP Morgan in New York. Earlier in his career, Norm practiced law as a general practice associate for Sullivan & Cromwell. Norm also serves on the board of Georgia Tech's Parents Fund for Student Engagement and Well-Being Leadership. Norm received a Bachelor of Commerce at the University of Alberta and a JD from the Columbia School of Law.
Job Titles:
- Chief Financial Officer
- Credit Analyst
As one of OncoPep's first new employees, Sanghyuck joined the Company in November 2020 as the representative of the operations of the company in Republic of Korea.
Since then Sanghyuck has been involved business development with prominent bio companies in Korea and responsible for overseeing our relationships with OncoPep's Korean colleagues and investors. Sanghyuck also acts as a liaison with OncoPep's Korean legal firm, accounting firm, audit firm, Korea Securities Depository, KRX, and Shinhan Financial Group (OncoPep's Underwriter for the public offering).
Starting his career as a credit analyst at a multinational IT company, Sanghyuck moved to offices of Abu Dhabi and Singapore of major construction companies and worked as a CFO. He has also worked as an investor relations officer, consultant, and fundraising specialist. Sang received a Bachelor of Business in finance from the Zicklin School of Business in New York and an MBA in accounting from Seoul National University.
Sobin is the Chief Technology Officer of OncoPep. She leads research and development of OncoPep as well as oversees scientific and technological plans to ensure that they're in line with the growth objectives of the company. She also examines the short- and long-term technological targets and designs solutions to help OncoPep reach those targets.
Prior to joining at OncoPep, Sobin has worked in various academic and industrial positions. She started her professional career as a research scientist at Columbia Genome Center (New York, NY) and developed various gene sequencing technologies. Then she served as an assistant professor in the department of Biomedical Engineering at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, NJ), where she headed a laboratory of functional genomics and conducted biomedical research projects for various diseases including breast cancer. Her most recent role prior to OncoPep was at HuVet bio, Inc (Seoul, South Korea). As the Chief Technology Officer of the company, she led various cancer- and vaccine-projects including discovery of novel biomarker panels for pancreatic cancer, production of blood screening systems for cancer, development of protein subunit vaccines, etc. Moreover, she managed the company's technological assets and pipelines, and made plans to cultivate the overall R&D infrastructure of the company. She also owns inventorship of several patents.
Sobin obtained a bachelor's and a master's degree from the Department of Chemical Technology in Seoul National University (Seoul, South Korea) and a Ph.D. degree from the Department of Chemical Engineering in Columbia University (New York, NY).
Victor is the Chief Medical Officer of Oncopep. He provides strategic clinical leadership to ensure delivery of OncoPep's efforts to develop transformative immunotherapeutics. Victor is a graduate of the University of Zimbabwe School of Medicine. He completed his internal medicine residency training at the George Washington University Hospital and his fellowship training in Hematology / Oncology at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. He was previously an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Connecticut Health Center. Victor's core clinical development expertise includes design, implementation, and analysis of Phase I-IV oncology studies. His regulatory experience includes, Pre-IND/IND, End of Phase 1 and 2, NDA submissions.
Prior to Oncopep, Victor served in roles of increasing responsibility at Ortho-Biotech (JNJ/Janssen), Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, L.E.A.F. Pharmaceuticals and LEAF4Life Inc. Most recently he served as Executive Vice President, Chief Medical Officer, and Head of R&D for the LEAF family of companies, where he helped establish a team and strategically oversaw all the Research and development efforts.
At Merrimack he worked on, multiple programs including the design and implementation of clinical development strategy that ultimately led to the approval of OnivydeÒ in metastatic pancreatic cancer. Another product that he recently helped to develop, LEAF-4L6715 has been granted compassionate access in France for patients with critical COVID-19 on a ventilator. Victor is also a named inventor on numerous patents.