Chairman

Sir Richard Sykes

Chairman, BMS IAC (2000-)
Rector, Imperial College of Science, Technology & Medicine, UK (2001-)
Chairman, Glaxo Wellcome plc (1997-2002)

IAC Members

Dr John Bell

Member, BMS IAC, (2002-)
Regius Professor of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, UK (2002-)
Founded Oxford University's Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics (1993)
Founder/Founding Director of Powderject (1993), Oxagen (1997) and Avidex (1999)

Sir Leszek K Borysiewicz

Member, BMS IAC (2008 - )
Chief Executive, Medical Research Council (UK)

Nobel Laureate Dr Sydney Brenner

Scientific Advisor to A*STAR Chairman
Distinguished Professor, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, USA (2000-)
Co-Chairman, BMS IAC (2000-2004)
2002 Winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
President and Director of Science, Molecular Sciences Institute in Berkeley, CA, USA (1996-2001)
Director, MRC Lab of Molecular Biology (1979-1986) and MRC Molecular Genetics Unit (1986-1991), UK

Prof Sir Philip Cohen

Member, BMS IAC (2006-)
Director & Royal Society Research Professor, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee(1984-)

Dr Suzanne Cory

Member, BMS IAC (2003-)
Director, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Australia (1996-)

Dr Sally C Davies

Member, BMS IAC (2008-)
Director General for Research and Development
Department of Health

Dr William Evans

Member, BMS IAC (2006-)
Director & CEO, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital(2004-)

Dr Peter Gruss

Member, BMS IAC (2004-)
President, Max Planck Society, Germany (2002-)
Honorary Professor, University of Göttingen, Germany (1990-)

Dr Helen Hobbs

Member, BMS IAC (2006-)
Invetigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (2002-)
Chief, Division of Medical Genetics, University of Texas Southwestern (UTSW) Medical Center(1987-)

Dr Anthony Pawson

Member, BMS IAC (2006-)
Director of Research, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute of Mount Sinai Hospital(1985-)

Dr William N. Kelley, M.D.

Member, BMS IAC (2008-)
Professor of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine

Dr Harriet Wallberg-Henriksson

Member, BMS IAC (2004-)
President, Karolinska Institute, Sweden (2004-)
Dean and Chairwoman, Board of Research, Sweden (1999-2001)
Secretary General (2001-2003), and Asst. Secretary General (1996-1998), Swedish Research Council Scientific Council for Medicine

Dr Tadataka Yamada

Member, BMS IAC (2006-)
President, Global Health Program,
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation(2006-)

Prof Rolf Zinkernagel

Member, BMS IAC (2006-)
Director, Institute of Experimental Immunology, University of Zurich (1992-)

Emeritus Members

Dr John Mendelsohn

Co-Chairman, BMS IAC (2004-2007)
President, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, USA (1996-)
Chairman, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, USA (1985-1996)

Dr David Baltimore

Member, BMS IAC (2000-2006)
President, California Institute of Technology, USA (1997-)
1975 Winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
President of Rockefeller University, USA (1990-1991)
Founding Director, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research at MIT, USA (1982-1990)

Dr Samuel Barondes

Member, BMS IAC (2001-2004)
Director, Center for Neurobiology and Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), USA
Chair, Board of Scientific Counselors, National Institute of Mental Health
Chairman, Dept of Psychiatry & Director, Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute, UCSF, USA (1986-1993)

Dr Colin Blakemore

Member, BMS IAC (2005-2007)
Chief Executive, Medical Research Council, UK (2003-)
President, British Neuroscience Association (1997-2000)
President, British Association for the Advancement of Science (1997-1998)

Dr Alan Bernstein

Member, BMS IAC, (2003-2005)
President, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Canada (2000-)
Director of Research, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Canada (1994-2000)

Dr Stanley N. Cohen

Member, BMS IAC (2000-2004)
Kwoh-Ting Li Professor of Genetics and Professor of Medicine, Stanford University (USA)
Previous Chairman, Department of Genetics, Stanford University

Dr David I. Hirsh

Member, BMS IAC (2000-2003)
Executive Vice President for Research, Columbia University, USA (2003-)
Chairman, Dept of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University (1990-2003)
Interim Dean for Research, Faculty of Medicine, Columbia University (2000-2001)
Executive Vice President & Director of Research, Synergen, Inc (1984-1990)

Dr Leland Hartwell

Member, BMS IAC (2001-2007)
President & Director, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, USA (1997-)
2001 Winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Dr Susan Lindquist

Member, BMS IAC (2003-2005)
Member, Whitehead Institute & Professor of Biology, MIT (USA)
Director, Whitehead Institute, MIT (2001-2004)
Albert D. Lasker Professor of Medical Sciences, Dept of Molecular Genetics & Cell Biology, University of Chicago (1999-2001)

Dr Richard Lerner

Member, BMS IAC (2003-2005)
President, The Scripps Research Institute, USA (1986-)
Chairman, Department of Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, USA (1982-1986)

Dr Philippe Kourilsky

Member, BMS IAC (2000-2006)
Chairman, Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN) (2006-)
Chair of Molecular Immunology, College de France, France (1998-)
General Director, Institut Pasteur, France (2000-2004)
Head of Research, Pasteur-Mérieux-Connaught (now Aventis-Pasteur), France (1993-1996)

Dr Paul A. Marks

Member, BMS IAC (2000-2003)
President Emeritus, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, USA
President & Chief Executive Officer, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (1980-1999)
VP for Health Sciences & Director, Comprehensive Cancer Center, (1973-1980) & Dean, Faculty of Medicine (1970-1973), Columbia University

Dr Alan Munro

Member, BMS IAC (2000-2003)
Former Master of Christ’s College, University of Cambridge, UK
Master of Christ's College, University of Cambridge (1995-2002)
Founder, Cantab Pharmaceuticals plc (1989-1995)

Sir Keith Peters

Member, BMS IAC (2000-2004)
Chairman, A*STAR Graduate Academy International Advisory Panel
Regius Professor of Physic, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, UK (1987-2005)
Head, School of Clinical Medicine & Honorary Consultant Physician, Addenbrooke's NHS Trust, University of Cambridge

Sir George Radda

Member, BMS IAC (2003-2005)
BMRC Board Member
Deputy Chairman, Biomedical Sciences and Technology Group (BMRC)
Chairman, Singapore Bioimaging Consortium (SBIC)
Professor and Head, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, UK (2005-)
Chief Executive, Medical Research Council, UK (1996-2003)

Dr John Reed

Member, BMS IAC (2004-2006)
President & CEO, The Burnham Institute, USA (2002-)
Scientific Director, The Burnham Institute, USA (1995-2002)
Deputy Director, Burnham Institute Cancer Center, USA (1994-2002)
Scientific Co-Founder of IDUN Pharmaceuticals (1993) and GMP/Diagnostics

Dr John Shine

Member, BMS IAC (2000-2003)
Executive Director, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Australia (1990-)
Chairman, Australian National Health & Medical Researh Council
Chairman, Australian Genome Research Facility (2000-2003)
President (1986-1987) & DIrector of Research (1984-1986), California Biotechnology Inc.

Dr Axel Ullrich

Member, BMS IAC (2000-2004)
Research Director, Singapore OncoGenome Project, Centre for Molecular Medicine, A*STAR (2004-)
Director, Molecular Biology, Max-Planck-Institute for Biochemie, Germany (1988-)
Founder of SUGEN Inc., USA (1991), Axxima Pharmaceuticals AG, Germany & U3 Pharma AG, Germany

Dr Hans Wigzell

Member, BMS IAC (2000-2004)
Director, Centre for Medical Innovations, Karolinska Institute, Sweden (2004-)
President, Karolinska Institute (1995-2003)
Chief Scientific Advisor to Swedish Government (1999-)
Chairman, WHO-UNAIDS Vaccine Advisory Committee (2002)
Director General, National Bacteriological Laboratory, Sweden (1988)