John C. McKew

John C. McKew is an accomplished professional in the pharmaceutical and biomedical research fields, currently serving as Chief Operating Officer, Chief Scientific Officer, and President at Lumos Pharma since March 2016. Concurrently, McKew acts as an Adjunct Associate Professor at Boston University School of Medicine, where responsibilities include course direction and lecturing for a graduate-level course on Drug Discovery and Development. Previous roles include Vice President of Research at aTyr Pharma, Acting Scientific Director at the NIH National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, and Chief of the Therapeutics Development Branch at the NIH. McKew has also held various positions at Wyeth Research, contributing significantly to project leadership and the advancement of therapeutic candidates. Educational credentials include a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of California, Davis, and a B.S. in Chemistry and Biochemistry from Stony Brook University.