Prestigious Scientific Leaders Join InterWest Advisory...(erWest LifeSciences Advisory Committee a...)

Date:4/7/2008

erWest Life Sciences Advisory Committee and will be expanding his relationship with InterWest by joining InterWest's Advisory Committee. He is the president and co-founder of the Institute for Systems Biology in Seattle, a pioneer in systems approaches to biology and medicine. Dr. Hood's research has focused on the study of molecular immunology, biotechnology and genomics. His professional career began at Caltech, where he and his colleagues developed the DNA gene sequencer and synthesizer and the protein synthesizer and sequencer -- four instruments that paved the way for the successful mapping of the human genome. A pillar in the biotechnology field, Dr. Hood has played a role in founding more than 14 biotechnology companies, including Amgen, Applied Biosystems, Systemix, Darwin and Rosetta. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. Of the 6,000+ scientists elected to one or more of these academies, Dr. Hood is one of only seven scientists elected to all three of them. He is also a member of the American Philosophical Society and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His work has been widely published and he has coauthored numerous textbooks in biochemistry, immunology, molecular biology and genetics, as well as a popular book on the human genome project, The Code of Codes. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including the prestigious 2004 Biotechnology Heritage Award.

Mark McClellan, M.D., Ph.D., is currently the director of the Engleberg Center for Health Reform, senior fellow in Economic Studies and Leonard D. Schaeffer Director's Chair in Health Policy Studies at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C., where he is actively involved in healthcare technology, policy and economics. From 2004 to 2006, Dr. McClellan was the administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. In this position, he was r
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