Christian Hassig

Biography

Dr. Christian Hassig, Senior Vice President, Research, leads the Company’s strategic research activities from discovery research through to early candidate development. Dr. Hassig has a strong record of accomplishments in both discovery research and preclinical development across multiple therapeutic areas and has pioneered lead discovery projects against innovative targets in oncology, from target discovery through to IND. Dr. Hassig maintains an adjunct faculty appointment at The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla. Prior to joining Sierra Oncology, he was formerly the Vice President of Drug Discovery at the Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, having previously served as its Director of Drug Discovery from 2010 to 2015. Prior to this, Dr. Hassig served as the Department Head of Biology at Kalypsys, Inc., a privately owned biopharmaceutical company specializing in small molecule drug discovery and development, and held multiple roles within its Biology and Lead Discovery departments. Dr. Hassig holds a B.A. in Chemistry/Biochemistry from the University of California, San Diego, and a Ph.D. from Harvard University. He completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of California, Berkeley.

Research Interest

Pharmaceutical Analysis and Quality Assurance  Industrial Pharmacy Clinical Pharmacy  Pharmaceutical Administration Medicinal Chemistry  Drug Discovery and Development