Barbara White MD, PhD

Barbara White, M.D., joined Corbus as Chief Medical Officer in June 2014. Dr. White's industry experience includes Phase 1-4 clinical development experience in inflammatory and autoimmune diseases, including rheumatology, respiratory, and dermatology diseases. She also has industry experience in preclinical drug development, translational medicine and medical affairs. Prior to joining Corbus, Dr. White was Senior Vice President and Head of R&D at Stiefel, a GSK company. She has held roles at UCB, MedImmune and Amgen. Prior to her pharmaceutical career, Dr. White was Professor of Medicine and Vice Chair for Research in the Department of Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. Her research has focused on T cells and immune-mediated mechanisms of lung fibrosis in scleroderma. She also previously served as co-director of the Johns Hopkins University and University of Maryland Scleroderma Center. Dr. White received her medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and is board certified in internal medicine, rheumatology and allergy/clinical immunology. She completed her postdoctoral studies in basic cellular immunology at the National Institutes of Health.