William G Jr. Kaelin

Non Executive / Other Non-Executive
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Dr. William G. Kaelin, Jr., also known as Bill, M.D., serves as Advisor at Casdin Capital, LLC since April 2023. He is the Founder of Cedilla Therapeutics, Inc. and served as its Scientific Founder until 2021. He serves as Chairman of Scientific Advisory Board and Science Advisor at Circle Pharma, Inc. He serves as Member of Scientific Advisory Board at IconOVir Bio, Inc. since April 2021 and also serves as its Director. He is a Professor of Medicine at Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School since 2002. He serves as an Investigator at Howard Hughes Medical Institute since 2002. He has been a Professor of Brigham and Women’s Hospital since 2002. He has been Member of Scientific Advisory Board at Traversa Therapeutics, Inc. since March 2009. He had been a Member of Scientific Advisory Board at Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. since March 2010 until 2020. He has been an Independent Director of Eli Lilly and Company since June 4, 2012. He also serves as a Member of Scientific Advisory Board at Nextech Invest Ltd. and ArQule Inc. He served as Member of the Scientific Advisory Board for TRACON Pharmaceuticals, Inc. He serves as a Member of Clinical Advisory Board at Neotropix, Inc. He served as Member of Scientific Advisory Board at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Inc. He serves as a Member of the Board of Scientific Advisors at National Cancer Policy Board. He has extensive experience at Harvard Medical School, a major medical institution, as well as special expertise in oncology—a key component of Lilly’s business. He also has deep expertise in basic science, including mechanisms of drug action, and experience with pharmaceutical discovery research. His Industry Memberships consist of American Society of Clinical Investigation. He served as an Assistant Investigator at Howard Hughes Medical Institute from 1998 to 2002. He was a medical oncology clinical fellow at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. He is a member of a Fellow of the American College of Physicians. He was American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2020, Association of American Physicians in 2012, the National Academy of Sciences in 2010 and the National Academy of Medicine in 2007. He serves as a Director at LifeMine Therapeutics, Inc since January 2021. He served as Member of Scientific Advisory Board at Kite Pharma Inc. Dr. Kaelin’s research focuses on the function of tumor suppressor proteins, such as pRb, pVHL and p53, with a goal of uncovering new approaches to treating cancer. Discoveries in Dr. Kaelin’s laboratory on the interactions between proteins in the Rb pathway and cyclins underlie Circle’s work to develop macrocycles that modulate cyclin function as cancer therapeutics. Dr. Kaelin has been widely recognized for his contributions to cancer biology and has received awards including the Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award, the Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences from Rockefeller University. He served as a Member of Scientific Advisory Board at Syros Pharmaceuticals since April 2013. He was named co-recipient of the Scientific Grand Prize 2012 of the Lefoulon-Delalande Foundation and Albert B. Lasker Prize. In 2019, he won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work in understanding how cells sense and adapt to changes in oxygen. He has received many awards for his work, including the Canada Gairdner International Prize, the AACR-Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Prize for Cancer Research and the Paul Marks Prize for Cancer Research from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. He is a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Prof. David Livingston, where he began his studies of tumor suppressor proteins. He is Founder of Tango Therapeutics, Inc. and serves as its Member of Scientific Advisory Board since 2021. He became an independent investigator at the DFCI in 1992, and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School in 2002. He received an undergraduate and M.D. degree in 1982 from Duke University and was a house officer and chief resident in internal medicine at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He was a clinical fellow in Medical Oncology at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, during which time he was a McDonnell Scholar.

 

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Title: Mr
Surname: Kaelin
DoB: 23/11/1958
Age: 67 years
M/F: Male
Nationality: American
Country of Birth: United States of America
Language: English
Qualification: Degree in Medicine
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Eli LillyBoardMember01/01/2012

 

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