Chris TakimotoChris Takimoto did his undergraduate training in Chemistry at Stanford University before receiving his M.D. and Ph.D. in Pharmacology from Yale University. He subsequently completed fellowships in Medical Oncology at the National Cancer Institute (NC) and Clinical Pharmacology at the Uniformed Services University and he then served as a Senior Investigator in the NCI's Medicine Branch. While at the NCI, Takimoto worked in the GI tumor group focusing on translational research and early phase clinical trials. In 2000, he became an Associate Professor at the University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio (UTHSCSA), where he also held the Zachry Chair for Translational Research at the Institute for Drug Development/Cancer Therapy & Research Center. At the time, the CTRC was home to the largest oncology Phase 1 program in the world. Takimoto was also a Professor (Adjunct) of Pharmacology at UTHSCSA, and in 2007, he helped to found an independent Phase 1 oncology clinical research center called South Texas Accelerated Research Therapeutics (START). While in San Antonio he was a principal or co-investigator on over 250 early phase oncology clinical trials. In 2008, Takimoto moved to Johnson & Johnson ultimately becoming Vice President of Experimental Medicine Early Development for Oncology at Janssen R&D where he oversaw all the early phase clinical trials for the oncology portfolio. In 2016, he joined a new, clinical stage biotechnology company called Forty Seven, Inc. as Chief Medical Officer. Read More Read Less