Steering Committee
BioCentury's Scientific Advisory Board brings together top leaders from pharma, biotech, venture and academia and serves as a Steering Committee for the Grand Rounds R&D conference.
Amy Abernethy, M.D., Ph.D.
Co-founder
Highlander Health
Noubar Afeyan, Ph.D.
Founder & CEO
Flagship Pioneering
Houman Ashrafian, D.Phil.
EVP of R&D
Sanofi
Jamil Beg
Partner
SV Health Investors
Kate Bingham
Managing Partner
SV Health Investors
Melissa Bonner, Ph.D.
Chief Scientific Officer
nChroma Bio Inc.
Luciana Borio, M.D.
Venture Partner
ARCH Venture Partners
Shelley Chu, M.D., Ph.D.
Partner, Head of Biotech
Lightspeed Ventures
Aaron Esser-Kahn, Ph.D.
Professor of Molecular Engineering
University of Chicago
Todd Foley
Managing Director
MPM BioImpact
David Goldstein, Ph.D.
Co-founder & CEO
Actio Biosciences
Anika Gupta, Ph.D.
Principal
GV
Colin Hill
Cofounder and CEO
Aitia
Najat Khan, Ph.D.
President & CEO
Recursion Pharmaceuticals
Sophie Kornowski, Pharm.D.
Former CEO
Boston Pharmaceuticals
John Lepore, M.D.
President & CEO
ProFound Therapeutics
Mathai Mammen, M.D., Ph.D.
Chairman & CEO
Parabilis Medicines
Gregory Newby, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Johns Hopkins University
Antoine Papiernik
Chairman & Managing Partner
Sofinnova Partners
Kush Parmar, M.D., Ph.D.
Managing Partner
5AM Ventures
Cary Pfeffer, M.D.
Former Partner
Third Rock Ventures
Andrew Plump, M.D., Ph.D.
President of R&D
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.
Daniel Reich, M.D., Ph.D.
Chief, Translational Neuroradiology Section, NINDS, NIH Attending Neuroradiologist
NIH Clinical Center
James Sabry, M.D., Ph.D.
EVP & Chief Business Officer
BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.
Otello Stampacchia, Ph.D.
Founder and Managing Director
Omega Funds
Paul Peter Tak, M.D., Ph.D.
President and CEO
Candel Therapeutics
Marc Tessier-Lavigne, Ph.D.
Co-founder, Chairman & CEO
Xaira Therapeutics
Jérôme Van Biervliet, Ph.D.
Managing Director
VIB
Jan van de Winkel, Ph.D.
President and CEO
Genmab A/S
Douglas Williams, Ph.D.
Board Chair
Draig, Camp4 and ClimbBio
Past Grand Rounds U.S. Steering Committee
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