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Michael Vasconcelles, M.D.

Michael Vasconcelles, M.D.Member of the Board of Directors

Dr. Michael Vasconcelles, M.D., currently serves as Head of Research and Development at Day One BioPharmaceuticals. Previously he served as Executive Vice President, Research, Development, and Medical Affairs at Immunogen until its acquisition by AbbVie in February 2024. Prior to Immunogen, he was the Chief Medical Officer and head of the Medical and Scientific Organization at Flatiron Health, a healthcare technology and services company focused on creating digital solutions to accelerate cancer research and improve patient care, from August 2019 to August 2022. Prior to joining Flatiron Health, Dr. Vasconcelles served as the Chief Medical Officer of Unum Therapeutics Inc. (Unum) from 2015 to 2019, a Cambridge, MA-based cell and gene therapy company. Prior to Unum, Dr. Vasconcelles spent several years at Takeda/Millennium, where he was Senior Vice President, Head of the Oncology Therapy Area Unit and member of the R&D Executive Team, accountable for strategic and operational oversight of the oncology research and development portfolio globally. Prior to Takeda/Millennium, Dr. Vasconcelles was group Vice President and the Global Therapeutic Area Head, Transplant and Oncology, at Genzyme Corporation, where he was responsible for clinical development of the transplant and oncology portfolio and a member of the Transplant and Oncology Business Unit Management Team. Following Sanofi’s acquisition of Genzyme, Dr. Vasconcelles joined Sanofi Oncology as head, Personalized Medicine and Companion Diagnostics. From 1996 to 2021, Dr. Vasconcelles was a faculty member of the Harvard Medical School and an associate physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Dr. Vasconcelles has served on the board of directors of Kura Oncology, Inc. since September 2024. He received both his B.A. and M.D. from Northwestern University.