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David Kaufman

David Kaufman MD, PhD

Oncology, Research and Clinical Research
Kenilworth, New Jersey, United States of America

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David Kaufman, MD, PhD is Executive Director of Clinical Oncology at Merck Research Laboratories, where he leads translational research for Merck’s immuno-oncology programs. He has had multiple roles in immuno-oncology clinical development, including oversight of early-stage through registrational studies. He joined Merck through the Merck Drug Development and Leadership Program, and has worked across multiple divisions including Vaccines, Biologics, Clinical Pharmacology and Clinical Oncology.

He received his MD from Cornell University and his Ph.D. in immunology/molecular virology from The Rockefeller University. He trained in Internal Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, and in Infectious Diseases at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

Prior to joining Merck, he was a staff physician at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and an Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School, where his research focused on preclinical/translational HIV vaccine development and mechanisms of vaccine-elicited mucosal immunity. He is a member of the biomarker consortium of the FNIH Cancer Steering Committee and the biomarker task force of the Society for the Immunotherapy of Cancer.
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