J. Carl Craft
Director
Infectious Diseases
Cempra
India
Biography
Dr. J. Carl Craft was the Chief Scientific Officer for Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV) in Geneva from 2002-2008. MMV has grown from a portfolio of 11 projects to the present portfolio with 20 projects; three in Phase III clinical trials, four in Phase I/II, one in preclinical development and 12 projects in discovery. To date MMV has raised over $250 million to support the largest ever anti-malarial drug development portfolio. Prior to this Dr. Craft worked at Abbott Laboratories in Anti-Infective Development. He joined Tulane University in the Department of Pediatrics Infectious Diseases and Department of Pathology. At Tulane, he was the Director of Pediatric Closed at the Care Charity Hospital of New Orleans and Director of The Clinical Microbiology Laboratory Tulane Medical Center. He served for two years in the Navy with a rank of Lieutenant Commander and was Chief of Pediatrics at the U.S. Naval Regional Medical Center, Guam, M.I. He was a Research Fellow in Pediatric Infectious Diseases at The University of Texas, Southwestern Medical School under Drs. John Nelson and George McCracken. He did his residency in Pediatrics at Milwaukee Children's Hospital. He received his M.D. from The George Washington University, Medical School.
Research Interest
Dr. J. Carl Craft was the Chief Scientific Officer for Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV) in Geneva from 2002-2008. MMV has grown from a portfolio of 11 projects to the present portfolio with 20 projects; three in Phase III clinical trials, four in Phase I/II, one in preclinical development and 12 projects in discovery. To date MMV has raised over $250 million to support the largest ever anti-malarial drug development portfolio. Prior to this Dr. Craft worked at Abbott Laboratories in Anti-Infective Development. He joined Tulane University in the Department of Pediatrics Infectious Diseases and Department of Pathology. At Tulane, he was the Director of Pediatric Closed at the Care Charity Hospital of New Orleans and Director of The Clinical Microbiology Laboratory Tulane Medical Center. He served for two years in the Navy with a rank of Lieutenant Commander and was Chief of Pediatrics at the U.S. Naval Regional Medical Center, Guam, M.I. He was a Research Fellow in Pediatric Infectious Diseases at The University of Texas, Southwestern Medical School under Drs. John Nelson and George McCracken. He did his residency in Pediatrics at Milwaukee Children's Hospital. He received his M.D. from The George Washington University, Medical School.
