Kristiina Vuori

Dr. Vuori has served as member of our board since October 2020. Since January 2010, Dr. Vuori has served as President and member of the Board of Directors of Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP), one of the largest non-profit biomedical research centers in the U.S. with a focus on cancer, neurodegeneration, inflammatory and infectious diseases, heart disease and rare children’s disorders. Since January 1995, Dr. Vuori has also served as a Professor at SBP’s National Cancer Institute-designated Cancer Center. Previously, she served as SBP’s EVP for Scientific Affairs in 2008-2010, as Director of the Cancer Center in 2005-2013, and as Deputy Director of the Cancer Center in 2003-2005. Dr. Vuori currently serves or has served on the Board of Directors for American Association for Cancer Research, California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, California Breast Cancer Research Program, Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine, UCSD Sanford Stem Cell Clinical Center, and Bionano Genomics, Inc. She was director of WebMD, Inc. until it was sold to KKR in 2017. Dr. Vuori holds M.D. and Ph.D. degrees from University of Oulu, Finland.