Dr. Richard Ho

Biography

Dr. Richard Ho is the Chief Scientific Officer and leads COTI’s scientific programs from early stage discovery through preclinical and clinical development. Prior to joining COTI, Dr. Ho was Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board for Marina Biotech from 2014 to 2016, and was its Executive Vice President, Research and Development from 2011 to 2014. He served as Senior Medical Director at Entelos, Inc. from 2008 to 2011, where he oversaw academic and governmental collaborations including a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with the FDA. From 2007 to 2008, Dr. Ho was a Principal at Rosa and Co. where he worked with pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies on physiological modeling efforts in several disease areas. Dr. Ho began his industry career at Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development starting as a fellow in Medical Informatics and advancing to the position of Director of Disease Modeling. While at Johnson & Johnson, he led a team that championed systems biology and personalized medicine approaches to understanding and treating human disease. In this position, he coordinated model-based analysis and research with global clinical and preclinical teams developing both small and large molecule compounds. Dr. Ho received his M.D.-Ph.D. from the University at Buffalo School of Medicine and received his A.B. in physics from Harvard College. Dr. Richard Ho is the Chief Scientific Officer and leads COTI’s scientific programs from early stage discovery through preclinical and clinical development. Prior to joining COTI, Dr. Ho was Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board for Marina Biotech from 2014 to 2016, and was its Executive Vice President, Research and Development from 2011 to 2014. He served as Senior Medical Director at Entelos, Inc. from 2008 to 2011, where he oversaw academic and governmental collaborations including a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with the FDA. From 2007 to 2008, Dr. Ho was a Principal at Rosa and Co. where he worked with pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies on physiological modeling efforts in several disease areas. Dr. Ho began his industry career at Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development starting as a fellow in Medical Informatics and advancing to the position of Director of Disease Modeling. While at Johnson & Johnson, he led a team that championed systems biology and personalized medicine approaches to understanding and treating human disease. In this position, he coordinated model-based analysis and research with global clinical and preclinical teams developing both small and large molecule compounds. Dr. Ho received his M.D.-Ph.D. from the University at Buffalo School of Medicine and received his A.B. in physics from Harvard College.

Research Interest

pharmaceutical and biotechnology