Julie Hambleton

Julie Hambleton is a senior biotechnology executive with over 20 years of experience in clinical drug development from pre-clinical through Phase 4 and post-marketing studies. She has extensive experience working with regulatory agencies, including the U.S. FDA and the European Medicines Agency (EMA), and in filings of Investigational New Drug Applications (INDs), Biologics License Applications (BLAs), and Special Protocol Assessments (SPAs). Dr. Hambleton currently serves as interim Chief Executive Officer at Arch Oncology. Previously, she served as Senior Vice President, Chief Medical Officer, Head of Development at IDEAYA Biosciences, an oncology medicine company, until April 2020. Prior to her role at IDEAYA, she held the positions of Vice President, Head of U.S. Medical at Bristol-Myers Squibb, where she oversaw Medical & Health Economic and Outcomes Research activities in support of the Oncology, Immuno-Oncology, Specialty and Cardiovascular marketed portfolios; Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer at Five Prime Therapeutics; and Vice President, Clinical Development, at Clovis Oncology. Dr. Hambleton began her industry career at Genentech, most recently as Group Medical Director, Global Clinical Development, leading a cross-functional group conducting Phase 2 and 3 trials of Avastin®. She also serves on the boards of directors of IGM Biosciences, Inc. and SpringWorks Therapeutics, Inc., both publicly traded biotechnology companies, as well as Arch Oncology, a privately-held biotechnology company.

Dr. Hambleton completed her medical and hematology-oncology training at the University of California, San Francisco, where she then served on faculty from 1993 to 2003. She received a B.S. from Duke University, and her M.D. from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and was Board-certified in Hematology and Internal Medicine.