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Scientific Advisory Board
Hatteras has an outstanding scientific advisory board chaired by Herb Boyer, the founder of Genentech, and composed of leading scientists in their respective fields:
Herb Boyer, PhD (Chair)
Co-founder of Genentech
Charlie Sanders, MD
Former CEO of Glaxo; Former Head of Massachusetts General Hospital
Joseph DeSimone, PhD
Chancellor’s Eminent Professor of Chemistry, UNC; Professor of Chemical Engineering, NCSU
Arnold Levine, PhD
Co-discoverer of p53; Professor at Institute for Advanced Studies
Marty Murphy, PhD
CEO, Co-founder, CEO Roundtable on Cancer
Joe Cook, Jr.
Principal, Mountain Group Partners; CEO of NuSirt; former CEO of Amylin Pharmaceuticals
Nancy Hutson, PhD
Former Senior VP of Global Research at Development at Pfizer
Nancy Thornberry
Former Senior VP and Head of Merck’s Diabetes/ Endocrinology Division; Co-discovered Januvia, Kallyope
Richard A. Flavell, PhD
Professor, Immunobiology, Yale School of Medicine
John Lepore, MD
SVP, R&D Pipeline, GSK
Fred “Rusty” Gage, PhD
Professor in the Laboratory of Genetics, Salk Institute
Bill Hawkins
Former Chairman and CEO of Medtronic, Senior Advisor EW Healthcare Partners, Duke Board of Trustees
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