– USA, MA – bluebird bio, Inc. (NASDAQ: BLUE) today announced the appointment of Dr. Marcela Maus to its Board of Directors in advance of the company’s planned separation, targeted for mid-October, 2021.
“As we approach the launch of 2seventy bio, I’m excited to welcome Marcela Maus to bluebird bio’s board of directors. Upon effectiveness of the planned separation, Marcela will join the board of 2seventy bio,” said CEO, Nick Leschly. “Marcela’s work as a translational physician-scientist in the field of immunology, particularly as it relates to T-cell immunotherapies and cellular therapies in the treatment of cancer makes her ideally suited to provide valuable insights to the 2seventy team.”
About Dr. Marcela Maus
Marcela Maus, M.D., Ph.D., is currently an associate professor at Harvard Medical School, the Paula O’Keefe chair in oncology and director of cellular immunotherapy at Mass General Cancer Center, as well as an attending physician in the Hematopoietic Cell Transplant and Cell Therapy division of Oncology at Mass General Cancer Center. She is an associate member of the Broad Institute of Harvard and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and an associate member of the Ragon Institute of Mass General Cancer Center, MIT, and Harvard. Dr. Maus’ laboratory focuses on the biology of human T cell activation, costimulation, and memory, and on the application of human T cell therapies to human disease, including forward and reverse translation of engineered T cell therapies in early-phase clinical trials.
Dr. Maus completed undergraduate studies at MIT and holds graduate degrees (M.D., Ph.D.) from the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Maus trained in internal medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and in hematology and medical oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center is board-certified in these three disciplines, and practices medical oncology. She also serves on several scientific and clinical advisory boards for the biotechnology industry as well as external academic medical centers.
About bluebird bio, Inc.
bluebird bio is pioneering gene therapy with a purpose. From our Cambridge, Mass., headquarters, we’re developing gene and cell therapies for severe genetic diseases and cancer, with the goal that people facing potentially fatal conditions with limited treatment options can live their lives fully. Beyond our labs, we’re working to positively disrupt the healthcare system to create access, transparency, and education so that gene therapy can become available to all those who can benefit.
bluebird bio is a human company powered by human stories. We’re putting our care and expertise to work across a spectrum of disorders: cerebral adrenoleukodystrophy, sickle cell disease, β-thalassemia, and multiple myeloma, using gene and cell therapy technologies including gene addition, and (megaTAL-enabled) gene editing.
bluebird bio has additional nests in Seattle, Wash.; Durham, N.C.; and Zug, Switzerland.
For more information: https://www.bluebirdbio.com/
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