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Dr. Rohrbaugh previously served as Director of the Office of Technology Development at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), where he managed a staff that was responsible for the negotiation of technology transfer agreements between industry and academic institutions for the conduct of NIAID intramural basic and clinical research and extramural cooperative networks. Prior to joining the NIH, Dr. Rohrbaugh conducted molecular and cell biology research in academic and industrial laboratories. He received his Ph.D. in biochemistry from The Pennsylvania State University and a degree in law with honors from The George Washington University Law School, where he served as an Articles Editor for American Intellectual Property Law Association Quarterly.
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Mark L. Rohrbaugh, Ph.D., J.D., has served since 1991 as the Director of the Office of Technology Transfer (OTT), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). OTT manages the patenting and commercial licensing of a large portfolio of NIH and FDA intramural inventions and contributes to the HHS’s intramural and extramural technology transfer policy. OTT licensees have brought to market well over 100 products, 25 of which are FDA-approved; in 2005, the licensee sales generated by these products approached US$5 billion. OTT also advises NIH on the terms and conditions of funding agreements with respect to intellectual property, material transfer, and data rights. Dr. Rohrbaugh serves as Vice-Chair of the Public Health Service Technology Transfer Policy Board and represents the HHS on the National Science and Technology Council Technology Committee. He has represented the HHS at meetings of the World Health Organization (WHO), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).
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