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Sumit Bhattacharya

Millbrae

Summary

Champions leadership across discovery, pre-clinical, and early clinical development for new cell therapy programs with excellent planning, communication, and translational research program management from inception to commercialization. Deep expertise in oncology portfolio management. Expertly manages budgets, deadlines, stakeholders, CROs and successfully establishes and nurtures relationships with stakeholders and academic alliances while serving as their primary scientific resource.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience

Work History

Associate Director

Bristol Myers Squibb
11.2018 - Current
  • Promoted 3 times during a 5 year period: Manager, Senior Manager, Principal Scientist to Associate Director (current)
  • Program Management of oncology translational studies and clinical trials
  • Leadership in oncology portfolio early assets with a focus on assay and biomarker development
  • Drive clinical SOP oversite (Protocol development, feasibility, compliance, research agreements, legal and business development, audit readiness)
  • Lead program governance and manage national and international vendor relationships and CRO partnerships, communications, and deliverables
  • Manage clinical SOC study delivery including SIV, FIH, POC, matrixed resource management, budget & forecast, milestones, metrics reporting, patient & sample tracking
  • Head commerical biospecimens biobank in two sites (Cambridge and Redwood City)
  • Tour of Duty in late stage clinical development revolving around site selection and patient enrichment development plan
  • Lead efforts in emerging technologies and external partnerships with academic institutes, research centers and hospitals for standard of care translational studies

Associate Director

University Of Utah Hospital
09.2016 - 11.2018
  • Directly accountable for strategic planning, neuroscience research program development, and oversight on a $10M+ portfolio.
  • Oversight on research sustainability, feasibility, and funds management.
  • Acted as subject matter expert and key resource to project teams of 5 to 80+staff; provided strategic input on R&D projects.
  • Served in a liaison capacity to facilitate New Drug Applications (NDA) in industry partnerships on clinical trials.
  • Served as key program leader to attract top faculty to the program and drove $12M in basic research funding.
  • Accumulated extensive experience working on research strategy and commercialization of medical device centric research projects.

Postdoctoral Fellowship

Harvard Medical School
01.2013 - 09.2014
  • Led a project to characterize a novel mouse model for dry eye; drove improvements to understanding age dependent progression and pathophysiology of the disease thereby identifying potential genes for target therapy.
  • Gained hands on pre-clinical trials experience with experiment design and execution for functional analysis of cellular pathways in animal models for dry mouth therapy development

Education

Postdoctoral Fellowship - Neuro-oncology

Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
2014

Business Development - Business Administration And Management

Harvard Business School
Boston, MA
2018

Ph.D. - Biomedical Sciences

University of Toledo
Toledo, OH
2012

Master of Science - Biotechnology

Bangalore University
India
08.2006

Bachelor of Science - Biotechnology

Bangalore University
India
08.2004

Skills

  • Program Development, Vision & Strategy
  • Clinical Biomarker Development Support
  • Project Management & Clinical Operations
  • ECN &Asset/Portfolio Support
  • Alliance & Outreach Engagements
  • Regulatory Affairs: (FDA & IRB)
  • Clinical Study Management
  • Problem-solving & Public Communication
  • Budget & Financial Management
  • Capacity Planning, Team Management
  • Organizational & Team Leadership
  • Healthcare & Nonprofit Administration
  • Clinical Compliance (BAR/GCP)

Timeline

Associate Director

Bristol Myers Squibb
11.2018 - Current

Associate Director

University Of Utah Hospital
09.2016 - 11.2018

Postdoctoral Fellowship

Harvard Medical School
01.2013 - 09.2014

Postdoctoral Fellowship - Neuro-oncology

Harvard Medical School

Business Development - Business Administration And Management

Harvard Business School

Ph.D. - Biomedical Sciences

University of Toledo

Master of Science - Biotechnology

Bangalore University

Bachelor of Science - Biotechnology

Bangalore University

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