Ann Leen

Dr. Ann Leen 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.

Ann received her B.S. in Biochemistry at the University of College Cork in Cork, Ireland and her Ph.D. in Immunology at the CRC Institute for Cancer Studies in Birmingham, UK.