Sandy Der

Board Member

Sandy is a partner with Novatio Ventures and holds a Board seat in Ardra Inc.


Sandy is an accomplished researcher in genomics and oncology with both academic and industry leadership experience. Sandy was previously Director of Research at GeneNews, a Toronto-based biotechnology firm. Prior to this, Sandy was Assistant Professor at the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto.


Sandy completed his postdoctoral training in the Department of Cancer Biology at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. He earned his PhD in the Department of Medical Genetics at the University of Toronto studying host responses to HIV infection, and his BSc from the same institution in microbiology

Sandy Der