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CURRICULUM VITAE

 

Name:  George Poste

 

Present Appointment:                                          Chief Executive Officer

                                                                                Health Technology Networks

                                                                                P.O. Box 647

                                                                                Gilbertsville, PA  19525

                                                                                USA

                                                                                (Telephone:  610-705-0828)

                                                                                (FAX:  610-705-0810)

                                                                                (E.mail:  gposte@healthtechnetwork.com

 

Current Academic Affiliations:                          Distinguished Visiting Fellow,

                                                                                Hoover Institution

                                                                                Stanford University

 

                                                                                Research Professor, Department of Cell Biology

                                                                                The University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

                                                                                Houston, TX  77030

 

                                                                                William Pitt Fellow, Pembroke College,

                                                                                University of Cambridge, England

 

Place and Date of Birth:                                          Polegate, Sussex, England, April 30, 1944

Family:                                                                    Married with three children

Citizenship:                                                            U.S.

 

Education, Qualifications and Honors:

 

1966                        D.V.M.                                    University of Bristol, England (Veterinary Medicine)

                                                                                (Graduated first in class)

 

1969                        Ph.D.                                      University of Bristol, England (Virology)

 

1979                        M.R.C. Path.                          Membership, Royal College of Pathologists, London,

                                                                                England (Board Certification in Pathology)

 

1987                        D.Sc.                                       University of Bristol, England

 

1987                        F.R.C.V.S.                              Elected Fellow, Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons,

                                                                                London, England

 

1989                        F.R.C. Path.                           Elected Fellow, Royal College of Pathologists,

                                                                                London, England

 

1993                        F.R.C.P. (Hon.)                      Elected Fellow, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine,

                                                                                Royal College of Physicians, London, England

 

1994                        F.R.S.A.                                  Elected Fellow, Royal Society of Arts, Manufactures

                                                                                and Commerce, London, England

 

1995                        LL.D. (Hon.)                          University of Bristol, England

 

1997                        F.R.S.                                     Elected Fellow, The Royal Society, London, England

 

1998                        F.Med.Sci.                             Elected Fellow, The Academy of Medical Sciences, London, England

 

1998                        LL.D. (Hon.)                          University of Dundee, Scotland

 

1999                        C.B.E.                                     Commander of the Order of the British Empire,

                                                                                Honours List, H.M. Queen

 

1999                        Honorary Fellow                   University College London

 

2000                        Member                                 Elected Member, Worshipful Company of Apothecaries, London

 

2004                        Member                                 Council on Foreign Relations

 

 

 

Previous Appointments:

1997 – 1999                       Chief Science and Technology Officer, SmithKline Beecham, Philadelphia

 

1991 - 1997                       President, Research and Development, SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

 

1989 - 1991                       Executive Vice President, Research and Development,

                                           SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals,

                                           Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

 

1988 ‑ l989                        President, Research and Development,

                                           Smith Kline & French Laboratories, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

 

1987 ‑ 1988                       Vice President, Worldwide Research and Preclinical Development, Smith Kline & French Laboratories, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

 

1983 ‑ 1986                       Vice President, Research and Development,

                                           Smith Kline & French Laboratories, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

 

1980 ‑ 1983                       Vice President and Director of Research,

                                           Smith Kline & French Laboratories, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

 

1975 ‑ 1980                       Principal Cancer Research Scientist,

                                           Department of Experimental Pathology,

                                           Roswell Park Memorial Institute,

                                           Buffalo, New York

and

                                           Professor, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology,

                                           State University of New York at Buffalo

 

1974                                   Senior Lecturer, Department of Virology,

                                           Royal Postgraduate Medical School, University of London, England

 

1972 ‑ 1974                       Associate Professor of Experimental Pathology,

                                           Roswell Park Memorial Institute, Buffalo, New York

                                           (On official leave of absence from the University of London)

 

1970 ‑ 1972                       Lecturer in Virology, Royal Postgraduate Medical School,

                                           London, England

 

1969 ‑ 1970                       Research Fellow, Department of Virology,

                                           Royal Postgraduate Medical School, University of London, England

 

1966 ‑ 1969                       Research Fellow and Assistant Lecturer,

                                           Department of Bacteriology, University of Bristol, England

 

 

Executive Board Memberships:

 

1992 - 1999                       Board Member, SmithKline Beecham (now GlaxoSmithKline)

 

2000 – 2003                       Board Member, Illumina

 

2000 – 2003                       Board Member, Maxygen

 

1997 – 2003                       Chairman, diaDexus

 

2000 – 2003                       Chairman, Structural GenomiX

 

2002 – 2003                       Board Member, AdvancePCS

 

2002 – present                   Chairman, Orchid Biosciences

 

2003 -  present                  Board Member, Monsanto

 

2004 – present                   Board Member, Exelixis

                                          


 

Professional and Civic Duties:

 

        Member, Pathology B Study Section, National Institute of Health  

                        (1980‑1983)

 

        Member, Scientific Advisory Panel, Biological Response Modifiers Program,

                        National Cancer Institute (1980‑1983)

 

        Member, Committee du Direction, Centre Nationale de Recherche Scientifique

                        (CNRS), Republic of France (1983‑1986)

 

        Member, Board of Governors, National Association for Biomedical Research

                        (1984-1986)

 

        Trustee, Gordon Research Conferences (1985‑l989)

 

        Member, UCLA Conferences Symposium Board (1985-1990)

 

        Member, Board of Directors, The Royal Society of Medicine Foundation, Inc.

                      (1986-1995)

 

        Chairman, Research and Development Section,

                        Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (1987-1989)

 

        Member, Board of Overseers of the School of Veterinary Medicine,

                        University of Pennsylvania (1987-1992)

 

        Trustee, Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science (1987-1993)

 

        Member, Executive Council, International Society for Differentiation

                        (1988-1992)

 

        Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Institute for Scientific Information,

                        Philadelphia (1988-1992)

 

        Member, President's Council, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center,

                        University of Texas (1988-1992)

 

        Member, Scientific Committee,

                        Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) (1989-1991)

 

        Trustee, The Keystone Center, Keystone, Colorado (1992-1996)

 

        Member, Board of Directors, Alliance for Aging Research (1993-1997)

 

        Member, Governor's Task Force on Economic Development,

                        Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (1993-1997)

 

        Member, Research-Intensive Industries Task Force,

                        Institute for the Future, Menlo Park, CA  (1994)

 

        Trustee, Life Sciences Research Foundation (1988-1998)

 

        Member, Advisory Committee on Global R&D, Council on Competitiveness,

                        Washington, DC (1998)

 

        Member, Standing Group on Health Technology, National Health Service (UK)

                        (1998)

 

        Member, National Health Service Executive Standing Group on Technology

                        Assessment (1998)

 

        Member, Ministerial Competitiveness Working Party on Innovation,

                        Department of Trade and Industry (UK)  (1998)

 

        Member, Human Genetics Advisory Commission (UK Government) (1997 – 1999)

 

        Member, BP Technology Advisory Council   (1998-2000)


Member, Board of Medical Governors, World Economic Forum, Davos

        (1998-2000)

 

Member, Rand Critical Technologies Task Force on The Hybrid Carbon Silicon Brain

                      (1998-2001)

 

Member, Governing Board, Beckman Center for Molecular and Genetic Medicine,

                        Stanford University   (1993–2003)

 

Member, Threat Reduction Advisory Committee, United States Department of Defense

                      (2001-2005)

 

Member, Defense Science Board, United States Department of Defense

                      (current)

 

Member, Advisory Committee on International Economic Policy, United States State Department

                      (current)

 

Member, Biological Weapons Working Group, National Academy of Sciences

                      (current)

 

Member, Board on Global Health, National Academy of Sciences Institute of Medicine

                      (current)

 

Member, Committee on Advances in Technology and Next Generation Biowarfare Threats.  Institute of Medicine:  National Research Council, US National Academy of Sciences (current)

 

Member, Board of Trustees; The International Vaccine Institute, Seoul, Korea (current)

 

Editorial Responsibilities for Professional Publications:

 

        Founder and Member, Editorial Board, Cancer and Metastasis Reviews  (1985 – 1996)

 

        Member, Editorial Board, Cancer Invasion and Metastasis (1987 – 1995)

 

        Member, Editorial Board, Drug Targeting and Delivery (1987 – 1999)

 

        Member, Editorial Board, Clinical and Experimental Metastasis (1988 – 1995)

 

        Member, Editorial Board, International Journal of Pharmaceutics (1989 – 1999)

 

        Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Drug Targeting (1990 – 1998)

 

        Member, Editorial Board, Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews (1992 – 1999)

 

        Member, Editorial Board, Nature Bio/Technology (current)

 

        Member, Editorial Board, Current Opinion in Biotechnology (current)

 

        Member, Editorial Board, Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs (current)

 

        Member, Senior Advisory Panel, Current Drugs (current)

 

        Member, Editorial Board, Polymers in Medicine and Biotechnology (current)

 

        Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Commercial Biotechnology (current)

 

        Member, Editorial Board, Pharmacogenomics (current)

 

        Member, Editorial Board, The Journal of Biolaw and Business (current)

 

        Member, Editorial Board, Bioterrorism and Biosecurity (current)

 

        Member, Editorial Board, Expert Opinion on Molecular Diagnostics (current)

 


 

Investment Community

 

        Advisor, Burrill and Company

 

        Advisor, Care Capital, Princeton

 

 

Club Memberships

 

        Athenaeum, London