Leadership

John Reed, MD, PhD
Director

Dr. John C. Reed has served as a member of our board of directors since our inception. Dr. Reed served as the President and Chief Executive Officer since January 2002, and in 2010 he became Chief Executive Officer, Professor, and Donald Bren Chief Executive Chair, of Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, an independent, nonprofit, public benefit organization dedicated to biomedical research. Dr. Reed has been with Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute for the past 19 years, serving as the Deputy Director of the Cancer Center beginning in 1994, as Scientific Director of the Institute beginning in 1995, and as Cancer Center Director in 2002. He also currently serves as an adjunct professor in the medical schools at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and University of Central Florida, and in the graduate Schools of Arts and Sciences at the University of Florida and San Diego State University’s Biology department. Dr. Reed was recognized as the world’s most highly cited scientist in the field of cell biology for the decade 1995-2005. He is the author of approximately 800 scientific and medical journal publications and more than 50 book chapters. Dr. Reed currently serves on the board of Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ISIS). He has previously served on the boards of Stratagene Inc., Repros Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: RPRX) and Pharmion Corporation, and was appointed to the Independent Citizen’s Oversight Committee of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine. Dr. Reed graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Virginia and earned an M.D. and Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. He completed his residency in pathology and laboratory medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and was a postdoctoral fellow in molecular biology at the Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology. We believe that Dr. Reed possesses specific attributes that qualify him to serve as a member of our board of directors, including his scientific background and experience as the Chief Executive Officer of the prestigious Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, as well as his expertise reflected in his significant scientific and medical journal publications.