leadership
confidence high
sentiment neutral
materiality 0.60
Nkarta promotes David R. Shook, M.D., to Chief Medical Officer
Nkarta, Inc.
- Dr. Shook joined Nkarta in 2020 and was appointed VP, Clinical Development in 2022.
- He has extensive cell therapy development experience, including first-in-human trials with CD19 CAR-NK cells.
- Dr. Shook co-developed the membrane-bound IL-15 component of Nkarta’s NK cell platform.
- He continues as a practicing pediatric oncologist and transplant physician.
- Prior Nkarta, he was at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in the lab of scientific founder Dario Campana.