Oncorus, Inc. announced the appointment of Douglas M. Fambrough to its board of directors. Dr. Fambrough brings over 25 years of clinical and managerial experience to Oncorus. Most recently, he served as co-founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of Dicerna Pharmaceuticals, a publicly traded biotechnology company focused on RNAi-based therapeutics for various disease areas, including oncology.

At Dicerna, he was responsible for overseeing the company's scientific and business success for nearly 12 years leading up to its acquisition by Novo Nordisk in December 2021 for $3.3 billion. Prior to Dicerna, Dr. Fambrough was a general partner at Oxford Bioscience Partners, where he has specialized in financing innovative life science technology companies. While at Oxford, Dr. Fambrough led the investment in the first-generation RNA interference company Sirna Therapeutics and other pioneering biotechnology companies, including Solexa, Xencor, Rib-X Pharmaceuticals, and Solstice Neurosciences.

Prior to joining Oxford, Dr. Fambrough was a genomic scientist at the Whitehead/MIT Center for Genomic Research, now known as the Broad Institute. He holds an A.B. in biology from Cornell University and a Ph.D. in genetics from the University of California, Berkeley.