Janet Ralbovsky, PhD, joined BODFI in 2013 and is currently the Director of Licensing. She oversees the licensing teams responsible for managing investigators’ IP, negotiating and reviewing IP-related agreements. Before joining Dana-Farber, she was a Licensing Associate at the University of Tennessee Research Foundation (UTRF), where she was responsible for the commercialization of a portfolio of intellectual property developed at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.
Prior to joining UTRF, Dr. Ralbovsky worked in drug discovery as a medicinal chemist and project leader at Johnson & Johnson and Cara Therapeutics, Inc. She holds a PhD in Organic Chemistry from the Pennsylvania State University, a MS from the University of Rochester, and a BA from Smith College. She is a registered patent agent with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).