Laurence Marton

Dr. Marton serves as a consultant to industry and to nonprofit, governmental, and academic institutions. In the nonprofit sector, Dr. Marton serves on the Board of Trustees of the American Association for Cancer Research Foundation and on the Board of Directors of Cancer Commons and the Bay Area American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science. In the for-profit sector, he serves on the Board of Directors of TOMA Biosciences, RenovoRx, and Microsonic Systems, and is on the Advisory Boards of Gem Pharmaceuticals and Silicom Ventures. He also serves as Chair of the Personalized Medicine World Conference.

Before moving from academia to industry, Dr. Marton was Dean of the University of Wisconsin Medical School and previously Chaired the Department of Laboratory Medicine at UCSF, where he was a Professor in the Departments of Laboratory Medicine and Neurological Surgery. He is a leading expert in the fields of cell growth and drug development. His research has resulted in more than 195 original publications, 60 scientific reviews and chapters, four books, and numerous patents.

Dr. Marton received his MD from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and his BA from Yeshiva University.