Imugene Limited announced the appointment of Dr. Yanghee Woo, MD, FACS, Surgical Oncologist and Associate Professor of Surgery, City of Hope to the Company's Scientific Advisory Board (SAB). Dr. Woo is an internationally recognised surgeon-scientist with clinical expertise in robotic surgery and gastric cancer. She holds several key positions at City of Hope including Director of GI Minimally Invasive Therapies Program, Vice Chair of International Affairs and is also a Visiting Professor at Xiangya Medical School, China.

In addition to her clinical and teaching experience, Dr. Woo is currently researching gastric cancer inception and viral oncolytic therapy based on the CF33-platform. Dr. Woo is part of the team that created a chimeric orthopoxvirus, CF33-hNIS-antiPDL1, which has exhibited strong potential in targeting solid tumours and the most common type of pancreatic cancer, pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). Previous to commencing at the Department of Surgery at City of Hope in 2015, Dr. Woo held various positions at Columbia University Medical Center's (CUMU) Pancreas Center where she was Assistant Professor of Surgery and later Director of Center for Global Excellence in Gastric Cancer Care.

Dr. Woo received her Medical Doctorate from Drexel University Medical School and completed the Health Careers Program at Harvard University. She completed a general surgery residency at CUMC, a research fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and a clinical fellowship at Severance Hospital, Yonsei University, Seoul. Imugene also announced that its Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Steven Cha, is regretfully resigning from his position due to family reasons.

The Company wishes him the very best and will announce a replacement in due course.