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About Bowhead Health

We keep promising science moving.

Bowhead advances its own research and supports partner programs across two connected areas: AI and clinical research, and glycoscience. Our team brings scientific, regulatory and operating expertise to move promising work forward.

Our approach

Find the work worth continuing.

Promising science can stall when funding runs out or business priorities change. We acquire selected assets and continue their development, building on research already completed.

Scientific

Research-led work in AI modeling, clinical trial matching and glycoscience.

Regulatory

Regulatory strategy informed by experience across biologics and medicines.

Commercial

Business and operations expertise to move selected technologies forward.

Two areas of work

Explore each program’s focus and development status.

Research tools & study support

AI & clinical research

Investigational AI modeling, clinical trial matching, and support for partner-led clinical programs across academic and community research sites.

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Cell-surface science

Glycoscience

Research on cell-surface sugars includes an investigational preservation colloid designed as an alternative to synthetic products.

Explore glycoscience

In-house laboratory capabilities

Cell culture
Immune system organoid development
Protein chemistry analysis
High-performance liquid chromatography
Flow cytometry
PCR
Cryopreservation

Licensee of the National Research Council of Canada

Ottawa laboratory: Containment Level 2 (CL2) certified

Our team

Scientific, medical, regulatory and operating experience.

Francisco Diaz-Mitoma Jr.

Francisco Diaz-Mitoma Jr.

Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer

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Leads Bowhead’s business and works with clinicians and scientists to develop healthcare technologies, including investigational trial-matching software Navigator. He also founded FDMedicine, focused on AAV gene therapy and capsid engineering. Before biotech, he founded companies in gaming and advertising technology.

Francisco Javier Diaz-Mitoma, MD, PhD

Francisco Javier Diaz-Mitoma, MD, PhD

Co-founder, Chief Medical Officer and Chair of the Board

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Co-founded VBI Vaccines and led clinical development of its three-antigen hepatitis B vaccine through licensure. Across his career, he contributed to 9 licensed vaccines and more than 50 antiviral and vaccine trials. He has authored 130+ papers and book chapters.

Ian C. Schoenhofen, PhD

Ian C. Schoenhofen, PhD

Chief Scientific Officer

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Leads Bowhead’s glycoscience programs, bringing more than 20 years of glycobiology experience, including research at Canada’s National Research Council. He contributed to the international Symbol Nomenclature for Glycans. He leads the polysialic acid preservation program and is a named inventor on its organ-preservation filing.

Shifa Javed, PhD

Shifa Javed, PhD

Lab Manager

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Brings experience across biotechnology, academic research and regulatory affairs. Her gene therapy research at the University of Waterloo included Mitacs Accelerate projects. At Bowhead, she supports scientific documentation, quality systems and clinical validation studies as Lab Manager.

Paul Huibers

Paul Huibers

Chief Commercial Officer

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Advises on digital health strategy, partnerships and market development. He brings more than 30 years of experience at Eli Lilly, where his leadership roles included President of Eli Lilly Korea and Senior Director of Digital Health.

Nathalie Machluf, PhD

Nathalie Machluf, PhD

Regulatory Affairs Lead

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Leads regulatory strategy with 16+ years of experience in biologics and pharmaceuticals. A Weizmann-trained tumor immunologist and former VP of Global Regulatory Affairs at SciVac, she supported the three-antigen hepatitis B vaccine through marketing authorization and co-authored the PROTECT and CONSTANT Phase 3 studies.

Rodrigo Diaz

Rodrigo Diaz

Operations

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Leads operations and supports commercial development, bringing experience in brand building, supply chains and bringing products to market. He founded GOA Skincare, a direct-to-consumer men’s skincare brand focused on skin longevity through active formulations and red-light devices.

Felipe Garza

Felipe Garza

Lead Data Scientist

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Leads data science work in clinical trial matching and healthcare data analysis. Trained in biomedical engineering, he develops analytical tools and data workflows, drawing on experience in machine learning, data engineering and the organization of complex medical information.

Haydeé Verduzco Aguirre, MD

Haydeé Verduzco Aguirre, MD

Oncology Validation Partner

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Contributes oncology expertise to the evaluation of Navigator’s trial-matching research. She is a clinical oncologist, a Clinical Fellow in Medical Oncology at Queen’s University, and a contributor to Common Sense Oncology.

Selected recognition

  • 2019 Xconomy’s Boston Biotech Week startup pitch winner Event report
  • 2020 Eli Lilly Atopic Dermatitis Global Challenge winner
  • 2021 Winner, open science competition with EndALS and Roche Canada’s Center for AI Excellence
  • 2022 Roche “New Comer” Supplier Award
  • 2023 Frontiers Health startup finalist, Rome · November 8–10
  • 2025 Mayo Clinic Platform_Accelerate cohort participant

Our offices

Headquarters

Los Angeles

Bowhead Health, Inc.
1619 N La Brea Ave, Suite 325
Los Angeles, CA 90028
USA
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Canadian office

Ottawa

Bowhead Health
99 Kakulu Drive, Suite 203
Ottawa ON K2L 3C8
Canada
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