Keystone Symposia Scientific Advisory Board
The Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) is comprised of eminent biomedical scientists whose expertise derives from academia, industry, and the government. The SAB is tasked with guiding the development of the conference portfolio, prioritizing content and topics, and providing a substantive peer review process to ensure Keystone Symposia's reputation as the preeminent convener of scientific conferences in the biomedical and life sciences.
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Board of Directors are denoted with a # following their name.|
E. Dale Abel, M.D., Ph.D.#
William S. Adams Professor of Medicine Chair and Executive Medical Director Department of Medicine David Geffen School of Medicine and UCLA Health Karen Adelman, Ph.D. Professor Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology Harvard Medical School Luciano Adorini, M.D. Chief Scientific Officer Preclinical Research Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Zoltan Arany, M.D., Ph.D. Professor Medicine University of Pennsylvania Eric H. Baehrecke, Ph.D. Professor Molecular, Cell and Cancer Biology University of Massachusetts Medical School Yasmine Belkaid, Ph.D. Director NIAID Microbiome Program Chief Mucosal Immunology Section Laboratory of Parasitic Disease NIAID, National Institutes of Health Lawrence Bloch, M.D. President Infinity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Ralph A. Bradshaw, Ph.D.# Professor Emeritus Department of Physiology and Biophysics University of California, Irvine Feng Cong, Ph.D. Director Chemical Biology & Therapeutics Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research Ana Maria Cuervo, M.D., Ph.D. Professor, Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology Co-Director, Institute for Aging Studies Albert Einstein College of Medicine Robertus de Bruin, Ph.D. Professor, Molecular Cancer Biology MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology University College London Edward A. Dennis, Ph.D.# Chancellor Distinguished Professor Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmacology School of Medicine University of California, San Diego Suzanne Devkota, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Karsh Division of Gastroenterology Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Anwesha Dey, Ph.D. Director Discovery Oncology Genentech, Inc. Aris N. Economides, Ph.D. Vice President Research Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Sandra J. Engle, Ph.D. Senior Director Translational Biology Biogen, Inc. Patrick Finn, Ph.D. Senior Director Rare Diseases Moderna Maria C. Freire, Ph.D.# Principal The Freire Group Mattias Fyrenius# Publishing Director Bonnier Carlsen Dmitry I. Gabrilovich, M.D., Ph.D. Chief Scientist Cancer Immunology AstraZeneca Stephan Gasser, Ph.D. Senior Principal Scientist CIT-4 Roche Innovation Center Zurich Geoffrey S. Ginsburg, M.D., Ph.D. Chief Medical and Scientific Officer All of Us Research Program Division of Medical and Scientific Research National Institutes of Health Curtis C. Harris, M.D.# Chief, Laboratory of Human Carcinogenesis NCI / National Institutes of Health Lora K. Heisler, Ph.D. Chair in Human Nutrition Obesity and Food Choice Rowett Institute, University of Aberdeen Sean Hill, Ph.D. Director, Krembil Centre for Neuroinformatics Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto Professor, Blue Brain Project, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) Jonathan Hill, Ph.D. Senior Director Immunobiology Surface Oncology Robert J. Hofmeister, Ph.D. Chief Scientific Officer TCR2 Therapeutics Robert E. Hollingsworth, Ph.D. Vice President Oncology Research and Development Pfizer Michael J. Holtzman, M.D. Selman and Herman Seldin Professor, Medicine Director, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Professor, Cell Biology and Physiology Washington University in St. Louis President, NuPeak Therapeutics Prisca Honore, Ph.D. Executive Director Immunology Discovery AbbVie Tony Hunter, Ph.D.# Professor and Principal Investigator Molecular Cellular Biology Laboratories The Salk Institute for Biological Sciences Stefan Irion, M.D. Vice President CNS Research Neurology BlueRock Therapeutics Aron B. Jaffe, Ph.D. Senior Vice President, Head of Research Chroma Medicine Thale C. Jarvis, Ph.D.# Chief Scientific Officer Keystone Symposia Katherine W. Klinger, Ph.D. Global Head Translational Sciences Sanofi Tony K.T. Lam, Ph.D. Professor and J.K. McIvor Endowed Chair in Diabetes Research Canada Research Chair in Obesity Associate Director, Banting and Best Diabetes Centre Advanced Diagnostics and Metabolism Toronto General Research Institute Dangsheng Li, Ph.D. Deputy Editor-in-Chief Cell Research Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences |
Jean K. Lim, Ph.D.
Associate Professor Microbiology Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Juan Carlos Lopez, Ph.D.# Founder Haystack Science Margaret Juliana McElrath, M.D., Ph.D. Senior Vice President, Director and Professor Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Laura F. Michael, Ph.D. Senior Director Diabetes and Complications Therapeutic Area Eli Lilly and Company Craig Monell, Ph.D. Vice President Business Operations/R&D BioLegend, Inc. Walter H. Moos, Ph.D.# Managing Director, Pandect Bioventures Professor (adj), University of California, San Francisco President (ret), SRI Biosciences, Stanford Research Institute Chairman (emer), ShangPharma Innovation Richard A. Morgan, Ph.D. Chief Scientific Officer Be Biopharma Lily Y. Moy, Ph.D. Director, Pharmacology Quantitative Biosciences Merck & Co. Leon O. Murphy, Ph.D. Chief Scientific Officer Casma Therapeutics Anne O'Garra, Ph.D., FRS, FMedSci# Senior Group Leader The Francis Crick Institute Deborah Palliser, Ph.D. Immunology Strategy Lead Rare Diseases Drug Discovery Unit Takeda Paul W. H. I. Parren, Ph.D. Professor Department of Immunohematology and Blood Transfusion Leiden University Medical Center Bali Pulendran, Ph.D. Professor, Pathology and of Microbiology and Immunology Stanford University School of Medicine Michael H. Rabinowitz, Ph.D. Vice President Research Akebia Therapeutics, Inc Laszlo Radvanyi, Ph.D. President and Scientific Director Ontario Institute for Cancer Research Richard M. Ransohoff, M.D. Venture Partner Third Rock Ventures Rino Rappuoli, Ph.D. Chief Scientist and Head of External Research and Development GlaxoSmithKline Vaccines Bing Ren, Ph.D. Professor Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research Christopher J. Rhodes, BSc, PhD Chief Scientist, Cardiovascular, Renal & Metabolism, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca Professor, University of Chicago Frank Rigo, Ph.D. Vice President Functional Genomics and Drug Discovery Ionis Pharmaceuticals Mark Rolfe, Ph.D. Senior Vice President Oncogenesis Thematic Research Center Bristol Myers Squibb Pamela C. Ronald, Ph.D. Distinguished Professor Plant Pathology and the Genome Center University of California, Davis Deepak Sampath, Ph.D. Vice President, Head of Research Ultragenyx Ali Shilatifard, Ph.D. Robert Francis Furchgott Professor Chairman, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Barry P. Sleckman, M.D., Ph.D. Director, O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center University of Alabama Birmingham School of Medicine Sue J. Sohn, Ph.D. Senior Scientist Inflammation Research Amgen Hans Ulrich Stilz, Ph.D. Vice President R&D Innovation and Outreach Novo Nordisk A/S Boris Striepen, Ph.D. Professor of Microbiology and Immunology Department of Pathobiology School of Veterinary Medicine University of Pennsylvania Lynda M. Stuart, M.D., Ph.D. Deputy Director Global Health, Discovery & Translational Sciences Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Lori Sussel, Ph.D.# Professor and Director of Research Basic and Translational Research Division, Barbara Davis Center University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus Daniel Benedict Tumas, Ph.D., D.V.M., DACVP Executive Director Corporate Development Gilead Sciences, Inc. Chandra Vargeese, Ph.D. Chief Technology Officer Wave Life Sciences Yibin Wang, Ph.D. Director Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases Duke-NUS Medical School Mary E. Wilson, M.D. Professor Internal Medicine and Microbiology & Immunology University of Iowa and the Iowa City VA Medical Center Joseph C. Wu, M.D., Ph.D. Professor and Director of Stanford Cardiovascular Institute Medicine and Radiology Stanford University School of Medicine Xuebiao Yao, Ph.D. Professor and Head Cellular Dynamics University of Science & Technology of China Jonathan Zalevsky, Ph.D. Chief Research & Development Officer Biology Nektar Therapeutics Juleen R. Zierath, Ph.D.# Professor Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery Karolinska Institutet Arturo Zychlinsky, Ph.D. Director Cellular Microbiology Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology plus representatives to be announced from: Bayer AG Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ChemPartner |
