Dr John C. Reed

Biography

Studies University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, US  B.A. (1976-1980) University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, US M.D., Ph.D. (1980-1986) Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, PA, US Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Resident in Clinical Pathology (1986-1988) Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology, Philadelphia, PA, US Postdoctoral Fellow in Molecular Biology (1986-1988) Professional Career University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, PA, US Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine 1988 Research Associate 1989 Assistant Professor 1989 Assistant Director, Laboratory of Molecular Diagnosis The Burnham Institute, La Jolla, CA, US 1992 Director, Oncogene and Tumor Suppressor Gene Program 1994 Deputy Director, Cancer Center 1995 Founder and Director, Program on Apoptosis and Cell Death Research 1995 Scientific Director 2002 Director, Cancer Center Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, US 2002 President & Chief Executive Officer 2007 Donald Bren Presidential Chair 2010 Chief Executive Officer & Donald Bren Chief Executive Chair Awards and Honors (selected) 2011 American Association for the Advancement of Science, Fellow 2008 BIOCOM Life Sciences Heritage Award, Outstanding contributions to life sciences 2006 Thomson Scientific – Doctors of the decade (1995-2005) Dr. Reed ranked 8th most highly-cited researcher in life-sciences and medicine for the decade; 1st in field of cell biology; 1st in field of general biomedicine 2006 University Pennsylvania Medical School, Distinguished Alumnus Award 2003 Bristol Myers Squibb Distinguished Cancer Researcher Award 2002 Institute for Scientific Information, World’s most highly cited scientist for period 1999-2002 1998 Hero Award, Susan G. Komen Foundation for Breast Cancer Boards (selected) Isis (Ionis) Pharmaceutics, Inc. Board of Directors (2003-2013) Stratagene, Inc., (STGN) Board of Directors (2003-2007) Repros Pharmaceuticals, Inc, (RPRX) Board of Directors (2008-2009) Pharmion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (PHRM) Board of Directors (2005-2008) Clovis Oncology, Inc., (CLVS) Board of Directors (2009-2013) California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Independent Citizen’s Oversight Committee, (2006-2012) IDUN Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Board of Directors (1994-1999) University positions 1993 - 2013 University of California at San Diego Associate Member, Cancer Center 1996 - 2013 San Diego State University Adjunct Professor, Department of Biology 1997 - 2011 University of California at San Diego, School of Medicine  Adjunct Professor, Department of Molecular Pathology 2002 - 2013 Whitaker Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, San Diego Associate Member 2007 - 2013 University of Central Florida – Orlando, Florida Adjunct Professor, School of Medicine 2007 - 2013 University of Florida – Gainsville, Florida Adjunct Professor, Department of Biochemistry 2015 - present ETH Zurich, Adjunct Professor, Department of Biology

Research Interest

Medicine