Robert DiFazio

Co-Founder at Parallel Bio | YC S21

Co-founder

Parallel Bio· Summer 2021🇺🇸 United States

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2021Co-founder· Parallel Bio

Founder · since 2021

Company

Parallel Bio

Role

Co-Founder

current

Stage

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no public source

Raised

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no public source

Based

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Founder / co-founder — the company's markEmployee / research role

Source: LinkedIn work history

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Parallel Bio

Using the immune system to cure disease

Summer 2021

Experience

Career

Parallel Bio
Co-founder
Co-Founder · 2021 – Present
2021
Stanford University School of Medicine
Director, Office of Strategy and Research Development, ITI · Stanford, CA · 2017 – 2021
2017
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Graduate Student Researcher · Greater Pittsburgh Area · 2011 – 2017
2011
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Instructor · 2012 – 2016
2012
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Campus Tour Guide · 2009 – 2011
2009
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Teaching Assistant · 2009 – 2011
2009
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Undergraduate Research Assistant · Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area · 2009 – 2011
2009
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Incoming Student Liaison · 2009
2009

Bio

Robert is a co-founder and CEO of Parallel Bio. Previously he was Director of Strategy & Research Development at Stanford University where he oversaw a $100M scientific portfolio and ran 8 large-scale R&D programs. He also worked in global health and ran vaccine programs with GSK, the NIH, and the Danish government. He completed his postdoctoral training at Stanford, holds a PhD from the University of Pittsburgh, and a BS from the University of Illinois.