David Mcelligott
Chief Scientific Officer
External Advisory Committe
Office of Therapeutics Alliances
India
Biography
Dr. David McElligott joined Accelerator in March of 2012 as its Chief Scientific Officer. Previously, he served as the founding Chief Scientific Officer at Groove Biopharma, a microRNA therapeutics company, where he was responsible for leading the spin-out of the technology from Nanogen (now part of ELITech Group). Prior to founding Groove Biopharma, Dr. McElligott served as Senior Director of Biological Sciences at ICOS Corp. where he led numerous preclinical drug discovery projects in oncology, inflammation, and urology. Several of those projects led to successful IND filings and clinical development programs. Before joining ICOS in 1997, Dr. McElligott held academic appointments in the Department of Immunology at The Scripps Research Institute and The Salk Institute for Biological Sciences. Dr. McElligott received his PhD and BS in microbiology/immunology from the University of Iowa.Dr. David McElligott joined Accelerator in March of 2012 as its Chief Scientific Officer. Previously, he served as the founding Chief Scientific Officer at Groove Biopharma, a microRNA therapeutics company, where he was responsible for leading the spin-out of the technology from Nanogen (now part of ELITech Group). Prior to founding Groove Biopharma, Dr. McElligott served as Senior Director of Biological Sciences at ICOS Corp. where he led numerous preclinical drug discovery projects in oncology, inflammation, and urology. Several of those projects led to successful IND filings and clinical development programs. Before joining ICOS in 1997, Dr. McElligott held academic appointments in the Department of Immunology at The Scripps Research Institute and The Salk Institute for Biological Sciences. Dr. McElligott received his PhD and BS in microbiology/immunology from the University of Iowa.
Research Interest
Oncology , Urology, Immunology
