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Dave Hava

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Chief Scientific Officer at Alltrna
📍 Greater Boston, United States

Dave Hava is a biotech entrepreneur and the Chief Scientific Officer at Alltrna, with nearly 20 years of experience building companies and advancing novel therapies from concept to clinical stage. A scientific leader with a PhD from Tufts, he specializes in translating breakthrough platform science, like tRNA medicines, into transformative treatments.

He is pioneering a new class of genetic medicine, tRNA therapy, to address rare and underserved diseases, moving the first such therapy into clinical trials.

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Experience
22 Years
Current Role
Chief Scientific Officer
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Greater Boston, United States
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tRNA Therapeutics
As CSO of Alltrna, he is at the forefront of pioneering tRNA medicines, a novel modality he believes can redefine genetic medicine for millions of patients.
Rare Genetic Diseases
His current work is focused on developing therapies for rare and underserved diseases, particularly those caused by genetic mutations that interrupt protein translation.
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Career

Work history

7-2025
Chief Scientific Officer
Alltrna
4-2024
Biotech Consultant / C-suite Fractional Executive
Hava Scientific Strategy and Consulting
9-2023 - 3-2024
Entrepreneur in Residence
Mass General Brigham Ventures
1-2023 - 6-2023
CSO and Head of Research And Development
Synlogic
9-2020 - 1-2023
Chief Scientific Officer
Synlogic
In the press

Media appearances

Alltrna Appoints David Hava, Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer to Drive Strategic Pipeline Advancement of tRNA Medicines. Featured in PRNewswire
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Dave Hava - Alltrna | RNA Leaders USA Speaker. Featured in Informaconnect
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Education
1997 - 2003
PhD
Tufts Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
1993 - 1997
Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
Trinity College-Hartford
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