Team: Bios
Kazumi Shiosaki, PhD
Managing Director
Dr. Kazumi Shiosaki joined MPM as a full-time Venture Partner in 2003, having served as an MPM Entrepreneur-in-Residence since 2001 while also holding the position of Senior Vice President of Scientific Development at Millennium Pharmaceuticals, and prior to that, Senior Vice President of Drug Discovery. Dr. Shiosaki brings to MPM nearly 17 years of experience in the pharmaceutical-biotechnology industry, with a career that began at Abbott Laboratories where she worked on drug discovery programs in a number of therapeutic areas including Neuroscience, Cardiovascular, and Infectious Disease. Dr. Shiosaki received her Ph.D. in Synthetic Chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley and a B.S. from Whitman College.
Present Boards
Aryx; Scientific Advisory Board
EpiZyme, Inc., Chief Executive Officer and Director
ForteBio, Director
Oxagen; Development Advisory Board
Past Boards
Hypnion; Discovery Advisor
Primera; Founding CEO and Director
Sention Pharmaceuticals, Former interim Chief Scientific Officer