Dr. Sung Poblete, PhD, RN

Dr. Sung Poblete, PhD, RN, is Chief Executive Officer of Food Allergy Research & Education (FARE) and a member of the Board of Directors of the Pacific Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Consortium Foundation (PNOC Foundation). As FARE’s CEO since 2022, Dr. Poblete leads the nation’s largest private funder of food allergy research and a leading voice for the more than 33 million Americans living with food allergies. Previously, she served for a decade as CEO of Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C), driving collaborative “Dream Team” science and helping bring cancer therapies to patients. Dr. Poblete’s leadership at the intersection of oncology, food allergy, and health equity underpins her contributions to PNOC’s vision to lose no child to brain cancer.

Trained as a nurse scientist, Dr. Poblete earned bachelor’s, master’s, and PhD degrees in nursing from Rutgers University, where she began teaching and continues to serve as a visiting associate professor. Her early career included senior roles in patient-outcomes–focused organizations, including vice president of clinical operations for a Fresenius Medical Care North America subsidiary and executive director of the Oxford Health Plans Foundation. She has been awarded major research funding from the CDC, NIH, the National Science Foundation, and private foundations, and was inducted into the Rutgers Hall of Distinguished Alumni in 2016. Dr. Poblete also serves on the boards and advisory boards of Apricity Health, UbiVac, Proteus, the Preparedness & Treatment Equity Coalition (PTEC), Medically Home Group, and the Osteosarcoma Institute, extending her impact across cancer, food allergy, and chronic-disease care.