William A. Lee

Executive Vice President
Infectious Diseases
Gilead
United Kingdom

Business Expert Infectious Diseases
Biography

  Dr. Lee received his BS in Chemistry from the University of Massachusetts, PhD in Chemistry from the University of California at San Diego and performed postdoctoral work at the Ecole Polytech Federal Lausanne with Dr. Michael Graetzel and the University of California at Santa Barbara with Dr. Tom Bruic

Research Intrest

  In 2015, he was appointed Executive Vice President, Research and has been responsible for the expansion of the company’s research and preclinical activities across a range of therapeutic areas, including HIV, liver diseases, hematology and oncology, inflammation and respiratory diseases and cardiovascular conditions. Prior to joining Gilead, Dr. Lee was head of Drug Delivery at California Biotechnology, Inc. and began his career as a research scientist at Syntex Research in Palo Alto, California.