/PRNewswire/ ImmPACT Bio USA, Inc. ("ImmPACT Bio"), a clinical-stage company developing transformative logic-gate-based chimeric antigen receptor (CAR).
Tyler Jacks, Ph.D., after 19 years. The director role will be taken over by
Matthew Vander Heiden, M.D., Ph.D., a professor of biology at MIT and a medical oncologist at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. He became a member of the Koch Institute in 2010 and took over for Jacks on Thursday, MIT said. Jacks will continue to lead the Bridge Project, which unites bioegnineers, cancer scientists and clinical oncologists from the Koch Institute and the Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center.
> Atara Biotherapeutics ushered
Amie Krause into the role of senior vice president and chief people officer April 2. Since joining the company, Krause has been the driving force behind Atara’s human people department, advocating for employees across the organization. She doubles as a founding leader of Atara’s Women’s Alliance and is part of the Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association. Before signing on with Atara, Krause held several top human resources roles at Amgen, including HR lead for the
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Published: Apr 09, 2021 By Alex Keown
Atara Biotherapeutics – Amie Krause was named Senior Vice President and Chief People Officer at Atara Biotherapeutics. In this role, Krause will be tasked with building a company culture that “rewards” values through actions and results. Prior to her tenure with Atara, Krause held several HR leadership positions at Amgen, including her role as Global HR Lead, Organizational Effectiveness during which she served as the human resources lead for Amgen’s global commercial operations covering the Americas, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.
PsyBio Therapeutics – Michael Spigarelli was named chief medical officer of Ohio-based PsyBio. Before PsyBio Therapeutics, Spigarelli served as CMOr for Lumen Bioscience, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing biologic drugs for highly prevalent diseases. Prior to that, he served as Vice President of Medical Affairs for Immucor, Inc., a leading provider of transfusion and tran