Robert G Petit, Ph.D.
CHAIR OF SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD
Dr. Robert Petit has 23 years of experience as an immunologist in all medical and scientific aspects of pharmaceutical development. He has led programs in discovery, translational development and intellectual property development and has designed and conducted U.S. and international clinical evaluation programs from Phase 1 to 4. Dr. Petit joined Advaxis from Bristol-Myers Squibb where he was the U.S. Medical Strategy Lead for the ipilimumab program, Director of Medical Strategy for New Oncology Products, and Director of Global Clinical Research. Prior to joining Bristol-Myers Squibb, Robert served as Vice President of Clinical Development at MGI Pharma and also at Aesgen Inc. His scientific focus has been to develop immunologic based therapies with a particular emphasis on immunologic oncology treatment. Robert has had significant FDA experience and has contributed to five NDA/BLA filings. Dr. Petit has a doctorate from the Ohio State University College of Medicine and a Bachelor of Science from Indiana State University.