Catherine Burgess

Ms. Burgess joined Dynavax in 2022 and currently serves as Vice President Regulatory Affairs. Ms. Burgess has more than 20 years of industry experience with 18 years specific to Regulatory. Ms. Burgess joined Dynavax from Takeda, where she held roles of increasing responsibility, most recently as Vice President, Head of Regions (EUCAN, JP, GEM, CN) and International Advertising and Promotion where she was responsible for the regional regulatory strategy across the Takeda R&D portfolio including registrations from early development through the commercial life-cycle as well as providing support for the AdPromo activities across Takeda’s pipeline. Prior to Takeda, Catherine worked at Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) as a Global Regulatory Lead (Oncology) and was the Head of Genomics and Genetics Discovery Unit at CuraGen Corporation. Catherine holds a PhD in Biomedical Sciences with a focus in Neurogenetics from Eastern Virginia Medical School. She served as a post-doctoral fellow for 3 years at the Karolinska Institute, Department of Molecular Medicine in Stockholm, Sweden.