Ann Leen, PhD

Chief Scientific Officer

“First and foremost, it’s about the patient. Then, the past: What’s gone before to support what’s underway right now. Then, the future: the pipeline.”

Ann Leen, PhD, co-founded and serves as Chief Scientific Officer of AlloVir. For more than 20 years, Dr. Leen has led innovative discovery and translational research focused on developing novel T cell-based therapies. Her research has enabled multiple cell therapy programs to move from bench to bedside. She is currently the principal investigator (PI) on 5 investigator-initiated Investigational New Drug (IND) studies and over the past 10 years has served as PI on more than 10 clinical trials using “first in man” cell therapies for patients.

In addition to her role at AlloVir, Dr. Leen continues to serve as Professor in the Department Pediatrics at the Center for Cell and Gene Therapy, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, where she has held various faculty positions since 2005. She is senior or co-author on more than 90 publications and a named inventor on 14 published patents.

Ann received her BS in Biochemistry at the University of College Cork in Cork, Ireland and her PhD in Immunology at the CRC Institute for Cancer Studies in Birmingham, UK.

Life @ AlloVir

Mission-driven teams developing transformative cell therapies for patients deserve transformative benefits. We make sure your life outside the lab is as purposeful as your life inside it.
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PTO Policies
Making sure that you have the freedom to time off when you need to is an important part of our culture. Life beyond the lab includes a flexible approach to PTO; you take it when you need it.
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401k Plans
We offer 401(k) matching, employer-paid life short and long-term disability, and life insurance.
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Healthcare
Our health plans include medical, vision, and dental covered at 90%, as well as Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) and Dependent Care Accounts (DCA).
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Family Leave
Growing and taking care of your family is as important as the work you do. We offer a generous parental leave program that allows you to do just that.
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Cell phone and commuter reimbursement
Being connected and getting where you need to go is an important part of your work. We offer cell phone and commuter reimbursement programs that acknowledge the time you spend in and out of the office.
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AlloVir is the global leader in developing VST immunotherapies

We develop highly innovative, allogeneic, off-the-shelf, virus-specific T cell (VST) therapies designed to prevent and treat life-threatening viral diseases.

Our Pipeline

Our allogeneic, off-the-shelf VST therapy candidates target 11 different devastating viruses as treatment or prevention.
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Our Platform

Our proprietary platform develops allogeneic, off-the-shelf VSTs designed to restore immunity in patients with T cell deficiencies.
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Our People

We are united in purpose around a singular mission to prevent and defeat life-threatening viral diseases.
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