Steven G. Reed, PhD
Head of Research & Development, IDRI Founder
Dr. Reed is the founder and scientific director of the Infectious Disease Research Institute (IDRI). He co-founded Corixa Corporation in 1994, where he served as Chief Scientific Officer. In 2005 he founded Dharma Therapeutics, a Seattle biotech developing transdermal delivery systems. His academic appointments include Adjunct Professor of Medicine at Cornell University Medical College in New York and Research Professor of Pathobiology at the University of Washington. He serves on several editorial review committees, has served as a member of the Tropical Medicine Review Board of the National Institutes of Health and is a member of the Vaccine Development Steering Committee of the World Health Organization. Dr. Reed's research interests have focused on the immunology of intracellular infections, and on the development of adjuvants, vaccines and diagnostics for both cancer and infectious diseases. He has more than 210 published original articles, several book chapters, and holds 101 issued patents for diagnostics, vaccines, and therapeutics for infectious diseases and cancer.
- Steven G. Reed, PhD - Head of Research & Development, IDRI Founder
- Curtis D. Malloy, JD, MPH - President
- Karen Kinch - Vice President, Administration
- Anna Marie Beckmann, PhD - Vice President, Development & Regulatory
- Rhea N. Coler, PhD - Vice President, Preclinical Biology
- Sharon Busby, PhD - Director, Project Management
- Darrick Carter, PhD - Director, Formulations
- Joshua Oluoch Odingo, PhD - Director, Chemistry
- Tanya Parish, PhD - Director, Drug Discovery
- Thomas Vedvick, PhD - Director, Process Sciences
- Franco M. Piazza, MD, MPH - Medical Director
- Edward A. Kesicki, PhD - Director, Small-Molecule Drug Discovery