Susan Desmond-Hellmann, MD, MPH, is chancellor of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). At UCSF, Desmond-Hellmann, an oncologist and renowned biotechnology leader, also holds appointment as Arthur and Toni Rembe Rock Distinguished Professor.

The recipient of numerous honors and awards, Desmond-Hellmann was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and was elected to the Institute of Medicine in October 2010.

Before joining UCSF, she served as president of product development at Genentech, a position she held from March 2004 through April 30, 2009. In this role, she was responsible for Genentech?s pre-clinical and clinical development, process research and development, business development and product portfolio management. She also served as a member of Genentech?s executive committee, beginning in 1996. She joined Genentech in 1995 as a clinical scientist, and she was named chief medical officer in 1996. In 1999, she was named executive vic...

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