About Chemomab
Board of Directors
Guided by Industry Veterans in Biopharmaceutical Innovation
Adi Mor, PhD
Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Scientific Officer
Dr. Mor co-founded Chemomab in 2011. She has extensive knowledge and experience in immunology focusing on autoimmune and inflammatory diseases and broad experience in designing, promoting and patenting a novel class of monoclonal antibodies to treat inflammatory and fibrotic diseases. Dr. Mor earned her PhD in immunology from Tel Aviv University in the Department of Neurobiochemistry and is the lead author of numerous scientific journal publications in immunology and inflammatory disorders.
Sigal Fattal, CPA, MBA
Chief Financial Officer
Sigal Fattal has a track record of over 20 years of extensive experience in establishing and managing financial, operational, and business activities in a wide range of companies and industries, both locally and globally, including experience in leading IPOs, private investment and M&A transactions. Ms. Fattal started her career as Director of Finance of ECtel, where she played a key role in growing the company into a large-scale global entity and completing a successful IPO. At BiomX, she helped structure and manage day to day corporate activity and set strategic direction, as well as spearheading the public its merger with a public company. Earlier, Ms. Fattal served as the CFO of Evogene, where she developed and managed the company’s corporate structure and led its successful U.S. IPO. She is a certified CPA (Isr.), holds a BA in Accounting and Economics, with honors, and an MBA, both from Tel Aviv University.
David Weiner, MD
Interim Chief Medical Officer
David Weiner has 30 years’ experience in the discovery and development of novel therapeutics. He is currently Chief Scientific Officer and a director at AxoSIm, Inc. and a director at Bright Minds and Novoron. Previously he served in multiple leadership roles in neurology and rare disease-focused biotechnology companies, including Chief Executive Officer of Amathus Therapeutics and Chief Medical Officer at Lumos Pharma, aTyr Pharma and Proteostasis Therapeutics. Earlier in his career, Dr. Weiner held key drug development roles at EMD/Merck Serono and spent a decade in discovery research and clinical development at Acadia Pharmaceuticals. Dr. Weiner received a BA degree cum laude with highest honors from Brandeis University and an MD degree from the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, SUNY Buffalo. He did a post-doctoral fellowship in neuropharmacology at the University of Vermont and was a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Research Scholar. Dr. Weiner has co-authored over 30 scientific publications and multiple patents. He serves as a director, consultant and scientific and clinical advisory board member to biotechnology companies and foundations, including the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research.
Jack Lawler
Senior Vice President, Global Clinical Development Operations
Mr. Lawler joined Chemomab in January of 2022 with more than 22 years of successful drug development experience. Prior to joining Chemomab, Mr. Lawler served on the Senior Leadership team as Vice President, Clinical Operations and Data Management at Goldfinch Bio. Prior to Goldfinch Bio, Mr. Lawler has held a series of drug development positions at several small and mid-size biotechnology companies and participated in the drug development for eight approved pharmaceutical products at Teva (Cephalon), Trevena, Shire (Viropharma) and Egalet. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Management from Rosemont College.
Revital Aricha, PhD
Vice President, Translational Science
Dr. Revital Aricha joined Chemomab in May 2022 with more than two decades of translational research experience in a wide variety of scientific fields. Previously Dr. Aricha served as Vice President of Research and Development at Brainstorm-Cell Therapeutics. In this role, she was instrumental in drug development, providing scientific support for advanced clinical trials and developing biomarker strategies. Earlier, Dr. Aricha was a senior scientist at the Department of Immunology of the Weizmann Institute of Science, where she specialized in novel treatments for autoimmune diseases. She received BA and MA degrees from Bar-Ilan University, where she also received her PhD in Neuroimmunology summa cum laude. Dr. Aricha completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Weizmann Institute of Science.
Barbara Lindheim
Consulting Vice President, Strategic Communications, Investor & Public Relations
Barbara Lindheim has been providing strategic communications services to the biotechnology and life sciences industries for 30 years, helping industry innovators achieve optimal positioning, compelling messaging and highly relevant content. She is also a principal at BLL Partners, LLC, and previously held senior communications and strategy roles at Orchid BioSciences, Edelman Public Relations, BioCom Partners, Noonan/Russo Communications, Glaxo SmithKline, Pfizer and Sanofi. Earlier in her career, Ms. Lindheim developed strategy and advocacy programs for non-profit and government organizations. An Honors graduate of Cornell University, Ms. Lindheim earned an MBA with distinction from Harvard Business School and an MPA degree in public policy from Princeton University. She lectures on biomedical industry strategy at leading business schools.
Adi Mor, PhD
Nissim Darvish, MD, PhD
Nissim Darvish is a General Partner at MeOhr Ventures, a venture capital fund, and serves as a director of several private companies. Previously, he was a Venture Partner at OrbiMed Israel and a member of the boards of directors of 9 Meters Biopharma and Medigus. Earlier, Dr. Darvish was a General Partner managing life sciences investments at Pitango Venture Capital. He was also a founder and CEO of Impulse Dynamics, where he oversaw several financing rounds and $250 million in transactions. Dr. Darvish obtained his MD and PhD in biophysics and physiology from the Technion in Israel and subsequently conducted post-doctoral research at the U.S. National Institutes of Health. He has published over 100 patents and authored more than 20 scientific publications.
Neil Cohen
Board Director
Neil Cohen served as interim CEO of Anchiano Therapeutics from October 2020 until its merger with Chemomab in March 2021. He has served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Castel Partners Ltd. since January 2012. In 1994, he co-founded Israel Seed Partners, a leading venture capital firm, and managed the firm until 2019. Mr. Cohen has invested in and served on the boards of directors of many private technology companies, including a number that were acquired or completed successful initial public offerings. He is a venture partner at SKY, an Israeli middle-market private equity firm, at Hetz Ventures Management Ltd., an early-stage Israeli venture capital fund, and Shavit Capital. Mr. Cohen was previously the Business Editor of The Jerusalem Post and began his career in the private equity group at the Rothschild Bioscience Unit of N M Rothschild & Sons Limited in London. Mr. Cohen received a BA and MA, with first class honors, from Oxford University.
Alan Moses, MD
Board Director
Alan Moses spent 14 years at Novo Nordisk, held multiple roles and rising to the position of Senior Vice President and Global Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Moses was co-founder and co-director of the Clinical Investigator Training Program at Beth Israel Deaconess-Harvard Medical School-MIT and served as Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of the Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston and was appointed Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Moses earned his MD from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, worked at the National Institutes of Health and completed subspecialty clinical training in Endocrinology at Tufts New England Medical Center.
Claude Nicaise, MD
Board Director
Claude Nicaise is the owner of Clinical Regulatory Services, a company providing advice on clinical and regulatory matters to biotechnology companies. Dr. Nicaise was a Senior Vice President of Strategic Development and Global Regulatory Affairs at Alexion Pharmaceuticals from 2008 to 2014. From 1983 to 2008, Dr. Nicaise served in various positions of increasing responsibility at Bristol-Myers Squibb, including senior positions such as Vice President of Global Development, Vice-President of Worldwide Regulatory Science and Strategy, and leadership positions in Oncology, Infectious Disease, and Neuroscience development. Dr. Nicaise is a board member in several public and private companies and received his medical degree from the Université Libre de Bruxelles in Belgium.
Jill Quigley
Board Director
Jill Quigley brings more than 20 years of biotechnology industry leadership experience encompassing executive management, corporate operations, legal affairs, financings, and board membership. Building on her initial expertise in legal affairs, she broadened her capabilities and experience, ultimately serving as head of operations and chief executive of biotechnology firms developing innovative products for rare diseases. Ms. Quigley has worked extensively with public companies, established domestic and international operations, helped lead major financing rounds and served as a senior executive at a U.S.-Israeli biopharmaceutical firm. Currently she is Chief Executive Officer of Genuiti Therapeutics. Previously Ms. Quigley was Chief Operating Officer at Passage Bio, a publicly traded gene therapy company and before that she served as Chief Executive Officer and General Counsel of Nutrinia, a developer of treatments for rare gastrointestinal diseases. Earlier, Ms. Quigley was Senior Counsel at NPS Pharmaceuticals, a publicly traded biotechnology company that was acquired by Shire; as Corporate Counsel for Pharmasset, a publicly traded biotechnology firm acquired by Gilead Sciences; and as Assistant Corporate Counsel for publicly traded Integra Life Sciences. Earlier in her career she was an Associate with the law firm of Dechert LLP. Ms. Quigley is a director of publicly traded Terns Pharmaceuticals, where she is Chair of the Audit Committee. She holds a BA degree from American University and a JD from Rutgers School of Law.
Scott L. Friedman, MD
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY, USA
Prof. Friedman is Chief of Liver Diseases and Dean of Therapeutic Discovery at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. His pioneering hepatic fibrosis research has been supported by the NIH since 1986 and his mentorship of over 80 trainees have helped fibrosis emerge as a new hepatology therapeutic specialty with exciting potential. Prof.. Friedman was a Senior Fulbright Scholar at the Weizmann Institute, Israel, in 1995 and President of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) in 2009. He received the International Hans Popper Prize, the EASL International Recognition Award, the AASLD Distinguished Achievement Award and the American Liver Foundation Distinguished Award. Prof. Friedman is a Fellow of the AASLD, AGA, ACP and AAAS.
Massimo Pinzani, MD, PhD, FRCP, FAASLD
University College London, London, UK
Prof. Massimo Pinzani is Professor of Medicine at University College London (UCL), London, United Kingdom. He is a clinical and translational hepatologist, Sheila Sherlock Chair of Hepatology and Director of the UCL Institute for Liver and Digestive Health, Division of Medicine. He is one of the pioneers in the research dedicated to cellular and molecular mechanisms of liver fibrosis and relative diagnostic and therapeutic approaches. His current research is centered on regenerative medicine, in particularon the development of extracellular matrix scaffolds of the liver, pancreas and small intestine for cell bioengineering and 3D disease modelling. Professor Pinzani’s research has been presented in more than 200 original peer-reviewed publications. He has served in the governing and scientific boards of major international organizations in hepatology and gastroenterology, and as Editor in Chief and Associate Editor of top peer reviewed international journals in gastroenterology and hepatology. He is Educational Councilor and member of the governing board of the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL). He is currently Chairman and Co-founder of Engitix Ltd., a UCL spin-off company dedicated to tissue engineering and regenerative medicine with particular focus on the liver and digestive tract.
Arun Sanyal, MD
The Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA
Prof. Arun Sanyal, is a Professor of Medicine, Physiology and Molecular Pathology in the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition at the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) School of Medicine. Dr. Sanyal is Special Council Board Member of NIAAA (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism) and has been a past President of the AASLD (American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases). He has chaired committees at the NIDDK NASH Clinical Research Network and the NIH Hepatobiliary Study Section. Prof. Sanyal was instrumental in establishing the international Liver Forum for NASH, and he continues to serve as a Chair of this organization, comprising industry, academia and regulatory bodies from the USA and EU. Prof. Sanyal also leads several major drug trials for the treatment of NASH. He has published over 300 papers in leading medical journals and periodicals throughout his career.
Marco Matucci-Cerinic, MD, PhD, FRCP, FBSRhon
University of Florence, Florence, Italy
Prof. Marco Matucci-Cerinic is Professor of Rheumatology and Medicine at the Department of Musculoskeletal Medicine and Director of the Rheumatology Department (AVC) and of the Division of Rheumatology at the Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Careggi (AOUC) in Florence, Italy. In addition, Prof. Matucci-Cerinic is Professor of Rheumatology at the University of Florence, Italy. He has published more than 600 peer-reviewed manuscripts broadly covering the field of rheumatology, particularly on the pathogenesis, clinical features and treatment of scleroderma, spondyloarthritis and osteoarthritis. He has also served on various international and national committees. Prof. Matucci-Cerinic has served as the EULAR General Secretary and as Chairman of the EULAR Scleroderma Trial and Research Group (EUSTAR). He is currently Chairman of the World Scleroderma Foundation and Editor in Chief of the Journal of Scleroderma & Related Diseases. He is also Associate Editor of Arthritis Research & Therapy and Clinical & Experimental Rheumatology, past Associate Editor and Co-Editor of Rheumatology. He serves on the boards of Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, Rheumatology, Journal of Rheumatology, Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology and other rheumatology journals.
Dinesh Khanna, MD
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Prof. Khanna is a Professor of Medicine and Director of the University of Michigan (UM) Scleroderma Program. UM Scleroderma Program offers a tertiary referral center for patients with scleroderma and related conditions. The program sees approximately 1,200-1,500 unique patient visits on an annual basis and has 3 full-time faculty members and 5 coordinators. Prof. Khanna has expertise in developing and validating outcome measures for clinical trials and led the development of the Combined Response Index in Systemic Sclerosis (an NIH/NIAMS-funded effort), which is now included as primary, secondary and exploratory measures in ongoing trials. Dr. Khanna’s research has focused on the development of outcome measures and refinement of trial design in scleroderma. Based on his expertise in trial design and outcome measures, he co-led the EULAR Points to Consider recommendations for trial design in SSc and will chair a project with the NIH and his FDA colleagues to develop a white paper for clinical trials in SSc.
Francesco Del Galdo, MD, PhD
University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
Prof. Francesco Del Galdo is an Associate Professor in the Head of Scleroderma Program at the Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine. In the Scleroderma Center of Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, PA, USA, he pioneered the application of Optical Coherence Tomography, MRI and serum biomarkers of overall fibrosis as outcome measures of activity and early diagnosis in Scleroderma. He has over a decade of experience in managing rheumatological conditions including systemic sclerosis, and he runs a prestigious research program within the Leeds Institute on personalized medicine for patients at risk of rheumatic diseases. As an internationally renowned leader in systemic sclerosis, Prof. Del Galdo is the author of more than 100 scientific journal publications and books.