Robert McGarr

Dr. McGarr is an expert in program management with over 25 years of experience leading drug development strategies and operations for many biotech and pharmaceutical companies. Prior to Dianthus, he served as Senior Director, Program and Portfolio Management, for ElevateBio, where he helped advance the development of cell and gene therapies of partners and portfolio companies. Previously, he was the Director, Program and Alliance Management, for Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, a Nobel Prize-winning company specialized in RNAi (RNA interference).

Dr. McGarr’s depth of leadership and management experience continues into his early career, when served as the Director of Alliance Management, Therapeutics Project Program, at Fred Hutch before becoming their Senior Director, Immunotherapy Operations and Alliance Management. Before Fred Hutch, he was the Senior Program Manager at the Infectious Disease Research Institute.