RH

Rachel Humphrey

Director at Pyxis Oncology

Dr. Humphrey is a medical oncologist with over 25 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry. Currently she serves as President and Founding CEO of Normunity, a Boston-based biotech focused on immune-oncology. She is also Founder and Acting CEO of NorthBridge Therapeutics. Over the course of her career, she’s served as Chief Medical Officer in multiple biotechnology companies, including Black Diamond Therapeutics, CytomX therapeutics and Mirati Therapeutics. She’s also held numerous senior leadership roles in large pharmaceutical companies including SVP and Head of Immuno-Oncology at AstraZeneca, and VP, Clinical Development and Immuno-oncology at Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) where she supervised the development of ipilimumab (Yervoy) from early development to post-launch and founded/chaired the first Immuno-oncology working group. She currents serves on the board of directors of Sporos Biosciences and Asylia Therapeutics, and previously served on the Board of Directors of Xilio and CytomX Therapeutics, respectively.

Dr. Humphrey holds an M.D. from Case Western Reserve University and a B.A. from Harvard University. She received her training in internal medicine at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and started her career as an oncology fellow and staff physician at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, MD.

Timeline

  • Director

    Current role