Fred E. Cohen, M.D., D.Phil. was appointed to the Board in July 2013. In 2001, Dr. Cohen joined TPG Capital, a private investment firm, to initiate and lead TPG’s venture efforts in biotechnology and life sciences. He retired from this role at the end of 2016 and now serves as a Senior Advisor to TPG. Beginning in 1986, and until his retirement in 2016, Dr. Cohen served as a member of the faculty of University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). At UCSF, Dr. Cohen served as an Internist for hospitalized patients, a consulting Endocrinologist and as the Chief of the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism. His research interests include structure based drug design, prion diseases, computational biology and heteropolymer chemistry. Dr. Cohen received his B.S. degree in Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry from Yale University, his D.Phil. in Molecular Biophysics from Oxford on a Rhodes Scholarship, his M.D. from Stanford and his postdoctoral training and postgraduate medical training in Internal Medicine and Endocrinology at UCSF. He is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and the American College of Medical Informatics and a member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation and Association of American Physicians. Dr. Cohen was elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences in 2004 and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2008. Currently, Dr. Cohen also serves on the Board of Directors of Genomic Health, Inc., Veracyte, Inc., Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc., Five Prime Therapeutics, Inc., Roka Bioscience, Inc., UroGen Pharma Ltd. and CareDx, Inc., as well as on the Boards of several privately held companies. Dr. Cohen’s extensive expertise in the pharmaceutical industry, private investment expertise and experience serving on boards of biotechnology companies contribute valuable insight and experience to the board. Fred E. Cohen, M.D., D.Phil. was appointed to the Board in July 2013. In 2001, Dr. Cohen joined TPG Capital, a private investment firm, to initiate and lead TPG’s venture efforts in biotechnology and life sciences. He retired from this role at the end of 2016 and now serves as a Senior Advisor to TPG. Beginning in 1986, and until his retirement in 2016, Dr. Cohen served as a member of the faculty of University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). At UCSF, Dr. Cohen served as an Internist for hospitalized patients, a consulting Endocrinologist and as the Chief of the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism. His research interests include structure based drug design, prion diseases, computational biology and heteropolymer chemistry. Dr. Cohen received his B.S. degree in Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry from Yale University, his D.Phil. in Molecular Biophysics from Oxford on a Rhodes Scholarship, his M.D. from Stanford and his postdoctoral training and postgraduate medical training in Internal Medicine and Endocrinology at UCSF. He is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and the American College of Medical Informatics and a member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation and Association of American Physicians. Dr. Cohen was elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences in 2004 and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2008. Currently, Dr. Cohen also serves on the Board of Directors of Genomic Health, Inc., Veracyte, Inc., Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc., Five Prime Therapeutics, Inc., Roka Bioscience, Inc., UroGen Pharma Ltd. and CareDx, Inc., as well as on the Boards of several privately held companies. Dr. Cohen’s extensive expertise in the pharmaceutical industry, private investment expertise and experience serving on boards of biotechnology companies contribute valuable insight and experience to the board.

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