Our Team

Curtis has led the Blavatnik Biomedical Accelerator (previously, Harvard Biomedical Accelerator Fund) since 2008. By providing financial and other strategic support, the Accelerator helps bridge the gap between early-stage innovations emerging from Harvard labs and validated, de-risked technologies that are ready for industry partnership. Prior to joining Harvard University, Curtis was Senior Vice President of Research at CombinatoRx, a Massachusetts-based biotechnology company he cofounded in 2000. Under his leadership, CombinatoRx created an integrated technology platform for the discovery of multi-target therapeutics, yielding a broad pipeline of preclinical and clinical drug candidates in areas including rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis and neurodegenerative disease. Curtis earned his BSc in biochemistry from McGill University and received his AM and PhD in chemistry and chemical biology from Harvard University.