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People
George Poste
Director,
Biodesign Institute
From 1992 to 1999, Dr. Poste was Chief Science and
Technology Officer and President of Research & Development for one of
the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world, SmithKline Beecham.
In an industry where bringing a single drug to market makes careers,
Poste oversaw registration of 31 drug, vaccine and diagnostic products.
In addition to his academic post, he serves as Chief Executive of Health
Technology Networks, a consulting company that specializes in the
application of genomic technologies and computing in healthcare.
He is a Fellow of the Royal Society, and the UK Academy of Medicine, a
Distinguished Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University
and is a member of the Council for Foreign Relations. In the wake of the
9-11 terrorist attacks, Poste’s expertise was tapped extensively to aid
national security. He served as chairman of the task force on
bioterrorism for the U.S. Department of Defense, a role he completed in
May 2004, and currently serves as a member of the Threat Reduction
Advisory Committee for the Defense Threat Reduction Agency.
He also serves as a member of the National Academy Sciences Working
Group on Biological Weapons, the Forum on Microbial Threats of the
Institute of Medicine Board on Global Health and the Institute of
Medicine Committee on Advances in Technology and Next Generation
Biowarfare Threats. He is Non-Executive Chairman of Orchid Biosciences
in Princeton and has served on numerous boards, with current
appointments on the Board of Directors for both Monsanto and Exelixis.
The son of an auto mechanic, Poste was raised in a rural area south of
London. Poste said the setting in which he was raised instilled a
respect for science and nature. Encouraged by a high school biology
teacher, he became the first member of his family to attend college. His
first doctorate was in veterinary medicine from the University of
Bristol, England, where he graduated first in his class. His also holds
a doctorate in virology and a doctorate of science. Dr. Poste has
received honorary doctorates in law and science for his contributions to
international health policy and is board certified in pathology.
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