Dr. Judy H. Chiao MD has been Vice President of Clinical Development and Regulatory Affairs at Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals Inc., (formerly, Xcyte Therapies Inc.) since May 13, 2005 and serves as its Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Chiao joined Cyclacel in December, 2004. Previously, She served as Vice President, Oncology Clinical Research and Development at Aton Pharma Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Merck & Co. Prior to Aton's acquisition by Merck she was responsible for leading the clinical development of SAHA, a histone deacetylase inhibitor, in Phase II development for hematologic and solid tumor indications. She was a Senior Medical Reviewer, Division of Oncology Drug Products, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), where she was the agency's primary reviewer for a range of oncology drugs and regulatory subjects. She also presented the FDA's views in several New Drug Application reviews at Oncology Drug Advisory Committees. Dr. Chiao is responsible for the design and implementation of clinical trials and regulatory strategies pertaining to Cyclacel's drug portfolio. She was a Member of FDA working groups of health-related quality of life, chemoprevention and oncology disease endpoints. She presented the FDA's views in several New Drug Application reviews at Oncology Drug Advisory Committees (ODAC). In addition to her FDA position, she was an attending physician at the Clinical Center of the National Cancer Institute and the National Navy Medical Center where she participated in clinical research and patient care. Dr. Chiao held a Research Fellowship in Molecular Pharmacology at Sloan Kettering Institute for Cancer Research and a Clinical Fellowship in Hematology/Oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, both in New York. She is a Member of a number of FDA related working groups and also a Core Member of the Pharsight-FDA Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) on clinical trial simulation and population pharmacokinetic analysis software for drug development. She is a Board-Certified Medical Oncologist. Dr. Chiao earned her Bachelor of Science in Chemistry (Summa Cum Laude) at Columbia University, New York and her Medical degree from Harvard Medical School. Her Internship and Residency in Internal Medicine was carried out at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York.