Transcript Steven Reed, Ph.D.

Steven Reed, Ph.D.
Founder, Executive VP, Chief
Scientific Officer, Corixa Corp.
Founder, Director , Infectious Disease
Research Institute
Research Professor, Pathobiology,
U.W.
Professor Medicine (Adjunct) Cornell
University Medical College, NY
Education
• Whitman College, B.A., Biology 1973
• U. Montana, Ph.D.,
Microbiology/Immunology 1979
Jobs
• Scientist, National Institute for Research in the
Amazon, Manaus, Brazil 1979-1980
• Assistant/Associate Professor in Medicine,
Division International Medicine.Cornell
University Medical College, NY, (Stationed in
Brazil) 1980-1984
• Principal Investigator, Seattle Biomedical
Research Institute 1984-1993
• IDRI/Corixa 1993-
Research Highlights
• Immunology of Parasitic Diseases
(Tyrpanosoma cruzi, Leishmania)
• Human Immune Responses, Infectious
Diseases
• Cytokine Regulation During Infection
Research Highlights (Cont.)
• 150 Publications
• 30 Patents
• Vaccines in Clinical Development
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Leishmaniasis
Tuberculosis
Prostate Cancer
Breast Cancer
Research Highlights (Cont.)
• Developed Diagnostics, all Currently on the
Market, For:
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Leishmaniasis
Chagas DIsease
Tuberculosis
Prostate Cancer
International Medicine
• Several Departments in Major Medical Centers
(U.W., Cornell, Harvard, Tufts, U.C., Baylor, Yale,
etc.)
• Special Grant Programs, NIH, Fogarty Center,
Hughes, etc.
• New Interest in PPP (Public Private Partnerships)
Secrets of Success
• Work Hard
• Be Honest
• Love What you Do
Learn to Sleep on Airplanes
Secrets of Success
• There are Several Paths to your Goal