M. James Barrett,.

Biography

 Dr. M. James Barrett has served as a member of our board of directors since our inception and serves as the chairman of our board of directors, and the chairman of our nominating and corporate governance committee. Since September 2001, he has served as a general partner of New Enterprise Associates Inc., a venture capital firm focusing on the healthcare, information technology and energy technology industries. From 1997 to 2001, Dr. Barrett served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Sensors for Medicine and Science, which he founded in 1997. Dr. Barrett serves on the boards of several pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, including Galera Therapeutics, Inc., GlycoMimetics, Inc. (NASDAQ: GLYC), Placon Therapeutics, Inc., PhaseBio Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Predictive Biosciences, Inc., Psyadon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (formerly known as Ruxton Pharmaceuticals, Inc.), Proteostasis Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: PTI), Roka Bioscience, Inc. (NASDAQ: ROKA), Senseonics Holdings (NYSE: SENS) and Tarveda Therapeutics, Inc. (formerly known as Blend Biosciences, Inc.), as well as continuing to serve as Chairman of Sensors for Medicine and Science. Dr. Barrett previously served on the board of, among others, Amicus Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: FOLD), Inhibitex, Inc. (NASDAQ: INHX) (acquired by Bristol-Myers Squibb (NASDAQ: BMY)), Loxo Oncology, Inc. (NASDAQ: LOXO), Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: SUPN), Targacept, Inc. (NASDAQ: TRGT), Pharmion Corporation, and YM Biosciences, Inc. (AMEX: YMI), and Zosano Pharma Corporation (NASDAQ: ZSAN). Dr. Barrett received a Ph.D. in biochemistry from the University of Tennessee, his M.B.A. from the University of Santa Clara, and a B.S. in chemistry from Boston College.

Research Interest

 Biosciences,