Distinguished Alumni Award (2023): Andrew Chee-Yuen Chan, MD ’86, PhD ’86

Описание: The Distinguished Alumni Award recognizes outstanding professional achievement, public service, exceptional service to Washington University, or all three. This award is given annually by the Washington University Alumni Association.

About the recipient:
Andrew Chee-Yuen Chan, MD ’86, PhD ’86
Senior Vice President for Research Biology, Genentech

Chan is a pioneering researcher in immunology with an impressive track record of translating science in the laboratory to innovative therapies. He has contributed to breakthrough discoveries in autoimmunity and cancer immunotherapy, is a leading implementer of precision medicine strategies, and co-invented a drug that has profoundly affected the treatment of multiple sclerosis.

For over the past decade, Chan has overseen biological research at Genentech Inc., a San Francisco-based biotechnology company that advances drug discovery for life-threatening diseases. He also serves as an adjunct associate professor of medicine at the University of California San Francisco. Prior to joining Genentech, Chan led an illustrious academic career at Washington University, where he was an associate investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and an associate professor of internal medicine and of pathology.

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