Atara Biotherapeutics is a drug development company focused on developing innovative therapies for patients with debilitating diseases. read more
Christopher Haqq M.D., Ph.D. ā Executive VP of R&D and Chief Scientific Officer at Atara Biotherapeutics
Executive Bio
Dr. Christopher M. Haqq, also known as Chris, M.D., Ph.D. has been Chief Scientific Officer and Executive Vice President of R&D at Atara Biotherapeutics, Inc. since September 2012 and served as its Chief Medical Officer since September 2012. Dr. Haqq served as Vice President of Clinical Research & Development of Cougar Biotechnology, Inc. Dr. Haqq has over 8 years of clinical and translational research experience in oncology. Dr. Haqq joined Cougar Biotechnology, Inc. in March 2007 and served as its Senior Director of Clinical Research and Development since May 2007. From 2005 to March 2007, Dr. Haqq was employed by Amgen Inc., where he led the Early Development Oncology Group. In that role, he successfully recruited and managed a team of M.D. and M.D./Ph.D. clinical scientists for Amgen's Phase I and Phase II oncology product candidates. He served as an attending Urologic Oncologist at the UCSF Prostate Cancer Center. He was a Faculty Member in the Departments of Medicine and Urology at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). He received his M.D. and Ph.D. degrees in 1996 from Harvard Medical School. Dr. Haqq completed his Residency in Internal Medicine and Fellowships in Medical Oncology and Molecular Medicine at UCSF.
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