Lucy Shapiro
Professor and Director of the Beckman Center, Stanford University School of Medicine
Dr. Shapiro is the Virginia and D.K. Ludwig Professor of Cancer Research and the Director of the Beckman Center for Molecular and Genetic Medicine at Stanford University’s School of Medicine, where she has been a faculty member since 1989. Dr. Shapiro is a co-founder and director of Anacor Pharmaceuticals, Inc., which was acquired by Pfizer in 2016. In 2016, she founded a second anti-infectives company, Boragen, LLC and currently serves as a Director of 5metis, Inc. In 1989, Dr. Shapiro founded Stanford University’s Department of Developmental Biology, and served as its Chairman from 1989 to 1997. Prior to that, Dr. Shapiro served as Chair of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology in the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University. She received a B.A. from Brooklyn College and a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
Dr. Shapiro has received numerous awards including the National Medal of Science. She has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Microbiology, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Medicine, and the American Philosophical Society for her work in the fields of microbiology and drug discovery. Dr. Shapiro previously served as a non-executive director of GlaxoSmithKline plc from 2001 to 2006. Dr. Shapiro was also a Director of Gen-Probe, Inc. from 2008 to 2012.