Laurence Marton, M.D.
Chair
Dr. Marton serves as a consultant to industry and to nonprofit, governmental, and academic institutions. In the nonprofit sector, Dr. Marton serves on the Board of Trustees of the American Association for Cancer Research Foundation and on the Board of Directors of Cancer Commons and the Bay Area American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science. In the for-profit sector, he serves on the Board of Directors of TOMA Biosciences, RenovoRx, and Microsonic Systems, and is on the Advisory Boards of Gem Pharmaceuticals and Silicom Ventures. He also serves as Chair of the Personalized Medicine World Conference.
Before moving from academia to industry, Dr. Marton was Dean of the University of Wisconsin Medical School and previously Chaired the Department of Laboratory Medicine at UCSF, where he was a Professor in the Departments of Laboratory Medicine and Neurological Surgery. He is a leading expert in the fields of cell growth and drug development. His research has resulted in more than 195 original publications, 60 scientific reviews and chapters, four books, and numerous patents.
Dr. Marton received his MD from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and his BA from Yeshiva University.
Cornelia L. Dekker, M.D.
Medical Director, Stanford-LPCH Vaccine Program and Professor of Pediatrics (Infections Diseases), Stanford University School of Medicine. Vaccine development, clinical research and vaccine safety are core elements of Corry’s 32-year career. The first two decades were spent with Wellcome Research Labs, Lederle Biologicals and finally a nine-year term with Chiron Corporation, where she served as Medical Director, then VP, Clinical Research and Medical Affairs for the Vaccine Division. Corry then blended her vaccine experience with an academic position at Stanford University School of Medicine in 1999 where she does applied research in vaccines through NIH-sponsored vaccine clinical trials and conducted vaccine safety research funded by CDC.
Dr. Dekker received her BS and MD from Michigan State University College of Human Medicine and residency and specialization in Pediatric Infectious Disease at Duke University Medical Center.
Paul Mendelman, M.D.
As a physician/scientist Paul has researched and published extensively on the role antibiotic resistance mechanisms play in infectious disease, particularly with Haemophilus influenza. As a pediatrician, his contributions include vaccine safety, efficacy, effectiveness and immunogenicity studies in influenza, hepatitis B, Haemophilus type B, pneumococcal conjugate and other vaccines. While serving as VP Clinical Research at Aviron, then VP and Group Leader, Clinical Development at MedImmune, Paul was integral to the clinical and commercial development of the intranasal influenza vaccine FluMist. He currently serves as Chief Medical Officer and Executive VP of LigoCyte Pharmaceuticals, a clinical-stage biologic drug development company focused on respiratory and gastrointestinal indications utilizing a proprietary virus-like particle (VLP) technology.
Dr. Mendelman received his BS and MD from The Ohio State University, and is board certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Infectious Diseases.