Sandra Rattray, Ph.D. leads the Oncology Therapeutic Area (TA) group within Global Regulatory Affairs (GRA) at Janssen Research & Development, LLC. This group provides leadership, management, strategic input and support to all projects and products across all stages of development within the oncology TA. In addition, Sandy manages the GRA Companion Diagnostic group, who provide regulatory leadership for companion diagnostic development across the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies.
Prior to the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies, Sandy had a 14-year career with Merck & Co, Inc., which spanned sales and marketing, drug discovery and regulatory affairs with Merck Research Labs (MRL). Before joining MRL Regulatory Affairs, she was a member of the MRL Department of Infectious Disease, where she held positions of increasing responsibility, culminating in Group Leader, New Lead Discovery.
Prior to joining Merck, Sandy held postdoctoral and faculty appointments in the Departments of Pharmacology and Therapeutics and Obstetrics and Gynecology, at the University of Florida. Her research throughout her academic career was focused on the discovery and development of anticancer agents.
Sandy received her undergraduate degree from Auckland University in New Zealand, as well as her master’s (first class honors) and doctorate in cellular and molecular biology.