Catalyst Award Advisors

Steven Olson PhD

Adjunct Professor, UCSF

Theodore Omachi MD, MBA

Genentech

Chris Paddon PhD

Technical Liaison Director at Amyris

Kartika Palar MA, PhD

School of Medicine; Medicine; HIV, Infectious Disease, and Global Medicine

Julie Papanek

Partner, Canaan Partners

Meyeon Park MD, MAS

School of Medicine
Medicine / Nephrology

Linda Park PhD, MS, NP

School of Nursing
Community Health Systems

Merdad Parsey MD, PhD

SVP Early Clinical Development, Genentech

Erica Pascal

Founder, Ingensity IP

Anisha Patel MD, MSHS

School of Medicine
Pediatrics / General Pediatrics

Anand Patel MD

Staff Interventional & Diagnostic Radiologist, Providence Little Company Of Mary Medical Center

Gary Patou MD

Managing Director, MPM Capital

Tillman Pearce MD

Chief Medical Officer, Threshold Pharmaceuticals

Emily Perito MD, MAS

School of Medicine
Pediatrics / Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition

Rick Pesano MD, PhD

Pesano Consulting LLC

Andrea Pirzkall MD

Principal Medical Director, Genentech

Titus Plattel MBA

Senior Executive Biotechnology

Michael Pleiss PhD

Mark Pletcher MD, MPH

School of Medicine
Epidemiology & Biostatistics

William Quinn MBA, MA

President & CEO , Bullet Biotechnology

Alvin Rajkomar MD

HS Asst. Clinical Professor , Medicine, UCSF

Prasanthi Ramanujam MD, MAS

Neda Ratanawongsa MD, MPH

School of Medicine
Medicine / General Internal Medicine

Steven Richards PhD

Senior Director, Chemistry at PTC Therapeutics, Inc.

Catherine Rongey MD, MSHS

Jenny Rooke PhD

Managing Director, 5 Prime Ventures

Jonathan Root MD, MBA

General Partner, U.S. Venture Partners

Andrew Rosenthal MBA

Principal, AJR Consulting

Sharon Safrin MD

President, Safrin Clinical Research

Faye Sahai MBA

AIG Global Head of Technology Innovation

Sam Saks MD

Chief Development Officer of Protagonist Therapeutics

David Savello PhD

Founder and Partner, NDA Partners LLC

Radojka Savic PhD

Anne Schafer MD

Mark Scheideler PhD

Founder, Human First Therapeutics

Danielle Schlosser PhD

Assistant Professor, Psychiatry, UCSF

Gabriela Schmajuk MD, MS

Rob Schock

Founding Member, Venture Consulting Group

David Schopfer MD, MAS

School of Medicine
Medicine / Cardiology

Howard Schulman PhD

President and CSO, Allosteros Therapeutics

Johannes Schweizer PhD

Chief Science Officer, Arbor Vita Corporation

Hyman Scott MD, MPH

School of SFDPH, Medicine
Medicine / HIV/AIDS

Amy Sehnert MD

Medical Director, GRAIL, Inc.

Hilary Seligman MD, MAS

Charlie Semba MD

Chief Medical Officer, Graybug Vision

Saunak Sen PhD, MS

University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Department of Preventive Medicine