Robert J. Brown

Robert J. Brown, MD, currently serves as the Chief Medical Officer of Oncology at Zai Lab, a position held since September 2023. Prior to this role, Robert held multiple senior positions in clinical development at Nurix Therapeutics from June 2020 to September 2023, including Executive Vice President. Experience also includes leadership roles at Allogene Therapeutics and Aduro Biotech, as well as Executive Medical Director at Iovance Biotherapeutics, focusing on tumor infiltrating lymphocyte technology for various oncology indications. Robert's earlier career includes significant contributions at Insys Therapeutics, UCLA as a Post-Doctoral Scholar, and Children's Hospital Los Angeles, where expertise in pediatric neuro-oncology was developed. Academic credentials include a degree in Chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, an M.D. from Joan & Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University, and a fellowship in Pediatric Hematology-Oncology from Yale School of Medicine.