Aditya is a Venture Partner with Frazier Life Sciences, where he focuses on company creation. Since joining Frazier in 2016, he has co-founded HilleVax, Phathom Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: PHAT) and Scout Bio, and helped launch Passage Bio (NASDAQ: PASG). Currently, Aditya serves as the Chief Operating Officer of HilleVax, Chief Business Officer of Phathom Pharmaceuticals and as a board member of Scout Bio.

Prior to Frazier, Aditya was an Engagement Manager with McKinsey & Company, where he served biopharmaceutical companies on business development, research and development, and marketing and sales strategy.

Aditya received his Ph.D. from the UC Berkeley and UC San Francisco joint graduate program in bioengineering and holds B.S. and M.Eng. degrees in biological engineering from MIT.

Ailsa joined Frazier’s Life Sciences team in August 2023, where she develops and manages the investor relations strategy, oversees fundraising efforts, and spearheads communications, marketing, and public relations activities.

Prior to joining Frazier, Ailsa led Investor Relations and Corporate Communications at Affini-T Therapeutics. Her contributions were pivotal in articulating Affini-T’s value proposition, leveraging intelligence-based strategies to expand the company’s investor network.

Before joining Affini-T Therapeutics, Ailsa led the immunotherapy partnering portfolio in cell and gene therapy at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, where she spun out several companies including Affini-T Therapeutics and Ensoma.

Ailsa has over a decade of experience in life sciences and has demonstrated a deep commitment to the industry’s advancement, and a passion for driving groundbreaking therapeutic advancements.

Ailsa received her Ph.D. in Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Physiology from University of California at Davis and continued her research in cardiovascular tissue engineering at the Mayo Clinic in Biomedical Engineering and Physiology.

Alan founded Frazier Healthcare Partners in 1991 and has led the firm in raising 11 institutional funds and managing nearly $4.2 billion in assets. During his 27 years as Managing Partner and Chairman, he has worked with entrepreneurs to build many leading healthcare companies, including Array BioPharma, Tularik, Rigel, CV Therapeutics, VIVUS, Corixa, Cadence Pharmaceuticals, TridentUSA , PCI, Abode Healthcare, and Orthotic Holdings.

Prior to founding Frazier, he was integrally involved in growing several successful healthcare companies into national prominence. Alan served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Immunex Corporation, an early biotechnology company that discovered and developed the blockbuster drug Enbrel to treat rheumatoid arthritis and other autoimmune disorders. Later, he served as the Senior Financial Advisor and Chief Financial Officer of Affymax and worked on the spin-out of Affymetrix. Before Immunex, he was head of the Emerging Business Practice and co-head of the Technology Practice for the Seattle office of Arthur Young & Company (now Ernst & Young).

Alan also previously served on the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center board as well as the UW Medicine Board and UW Medicine Strategic Initiatives Committee, both affiliated with the University of Washington School of Medicine.

Albert is a Managing Partner of Frazier’s Life Sciences team and co-leads the Frazier Life Sciences Public Fund (FLSPF) with Jamie Brush. He joined the firm in 2021 and has over 20 years of experience investing in public and private biopharmaceutical and medical device companies.

Albert was previously a Managing Partner at Vivo Capital. He currently serves on the boards of Ascendis Pharma A/S (NASDAQ: ASND) and KalVista Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: KALV), and has previously served on the boards of Aclaris Therapeutics (NASDAQ; ACRS), Biohaven Pharmaceuticals (NYSE: BHVN), and many other private and public biopharmaceutical companies. Albert is a co-founder of the annual Dermatology Summit and Dermatology Innovation Forum. He also worked at Oracle Corporation in pharmaceutical consulting and at the Palo Alto VA Hospital as a biomedical engineer.

Albert received his B.S. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University. He subsequently completed the Medical Scientist Training Program at UCLA School of Medicine, where he received his M.D. and Ph.D. in Neuroscience.

Ali joined the Frazier Life Sciences team as Counsel in September 2023, where she focuses on the Frazier Life Sciences Public Fund, Public Overage Fund, capital markets and merger and acquisition transactions. Prior to joining Frazier, Ali was an associate at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, where she focused on corporate securities, corporate governance, executive compensation and mergers and acquisitions.

Ali holds a J.D. from the University of Southern California and Bachelor of Arts from the University of California, Santa Barbara, where she graduated summa cum laude and a member of Phi Beta Kappa.

Angel joined Frazier Healthcare Partners in 2021. She is a Senior Associate and focuses on evaluating investment opportunities in the life sciences sector. She contributed to Frazier’s investment in Sonoma Biotherapeutics and is a board observer for Radionetics Oncology, and Seraxis.

Prior to joining Frazier, Angel was an Investment Fellow with Vertex Ventures Healthcare. At Vertex, she evaluated early-stage companies pursing transformative therapeutics. In previous roles, Angel served as the Director of Research and Venture Grants at Emerson Collective, Health and as the Research Director of the Friedreich Ataxia (FA) Research Alliance. In these roles, she managed strategic deployment of capital towards emergent therapeutics for oncology and FA, respectively.

Angel received her Ph.D. in Pharmacology and Cancer Biology from Duke University, where she was a Ruth L. Kirschstein Institutional National Research Service Award Fellow of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute.

Angie joined the Frazier Life Sciences team in 2022. She most recently served as Chief Executive Officer of Amunix Pharmaceuticals Inc. until its acquisition by Sanofi for up to $1.225 billion.

Prior to joining Amunix, Angie served as Chief Business & Strategy Officer and Head of Commercial at Sierra Oncology (NASDAQ: SRRA), a publicly listed hematology and oncology drug development company, where she helped the company through a successful initial public offering. She also led the company’s strategic and transactional business and commercial efforts, including building its robust pipeline through acquisition and licensing of several product assets. Prior to Sierra, Angie served as Chief Business Officer of Aragon Pharmaceuticals, a private oncology drug discovery and development company, where she was responsible for finance, operations, human resources, and business development. At Aragon, she helped secure several rounds of financing as well as leading the business development process that resulted in the company’s acquisition by Johnson & Johnson. In previous roles, Angie served as Chief Business Officer at Synosia Therapeutics and Ren Pharmaceuticals. Before joining Ren Pharmaceuticals, she focused on new company formation at Venrock Ventures. In addition, she currently serves on the board of directors of ORIC Pharmaceuticals.

Angie earned a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Harvard University and a B.A. in Chemistry from Harvard College.

Anna joined Frazier Life Sciences in 2018, where she focuses on evaluating investment opportunities and creating new ventures in the life sciences area. She is a board observer for Amunix Pharmaceuticals, Inipharm, Lengo Therapeutics, and HilleVax.

Prior to joining Frazier, Anna was a management consultant in L.E.K. Consulting’s life sciences practice. While at L.E.K., Anna advised leading biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies on strategic planning, M&A, R&D, and business development strategy. Previously, Anna was an entrepreneurial fellow at Flagship Pioneering. In addition, she has been involved in several projects to spinout technologies in the life sciences space.

Anna received her Ph.D. in Systems Biology and A.B. in Biochemical Sciences from Harvard University, where she was a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow. She also conducted research in systems medicine at Tsinghua University.

Annette joined Frazier Life Sciences in 2022, bringing substantial research and drug development experience to the Life Sciences team. In addition to her role at Frazier, she is currently a Non-Executive Director at the Cambridge University Hospitals NHS (National Health Service) Foundation Trust. She has also recently been elected as the next President of the Royal Society of Chemistry.

Annette has 35 years of international experience in Research and Development at Parke-Davis, Pfizer and GSK. Most recently she was Senior Vice President, Product Development and Supply at GSK. Prior to GSK, she was Senior Vice President of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the Pfizer Global Research and Development site in Connecticut. She was formally Senior Vice President, Site and Research leader at the Pfizer Global Research and Development site in Sandwich, Kent, UK. She has lived and worked in the US, France and the UK, leading global teams of up to 2000 scientists.

Annette has been directly involved in leading the development and launch of over 30 new medicines in a range of therapeutic areas including respiratory, infectious diseases, oncology and immunology.

Annette has considerable experience of serving on Boards of private, public, charity and educational institutions, including the UK Medical Research Council, the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry, and charities including LifeArc and the Royal Society of Chemistry. In 2013 she was honoured as a Distinguished Woman in Chemistry/Chemical engineering by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry. She was formerly an Editor-in-Chief of the American Chemistry Society (ACS) publication series called Annual Reports in Medicinal Chemistry for 7 years and was elected chairman of the American Chemical Society, Division of Medicinal Chemistry.

Annette received her Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry and her B.Sc. in Chemistry from Imperial College, London, UK. She conducted postdoctoral research at Ohio State University under a NATO fellowship award. She has published over 100 peer reviewed articles and has been a co-inventor on over 30 patents. In 2009, she was awarded an OBE (Officer of the British Empire) by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in recognition of her services to the pharmaceutical sector.

April joined Frazier Healthcare Partners’ accounting department in October 2021.

Prior to joining Frazier, she worked at Expedition Trips, a Seattle-based expedition travel agency, for 16 years. During her time there, she was the Accounting Manager, and before that, she was the Sales Manager.

Azmi joined Frazier Life Sciences in 2019 as Entrepreneur-in-Residence. He is Chief Operating Officer and co-founder of Phathom Pharmaceuticals, a Frazier-founded company focused on the development and commercialization of novel treatments for gastrointestinal (GI) diseases and disorders.

Also, Azmi serves as a director of ReAlta Life Sciences, an early-stage biotechnology company, and he also serves as a business and clinical advisor to Saama Technologies, Inc., a clinical data and analytics company.

Azmi is the former deputy chief medical and scientific officer and head of global development at Takeda Pharmaceuticals. In these roles, he led all global R&D medical, regulatory, operations, and data analytics functions. In addition, he led the R&D strategic areas of portfolio management and planning, focusing on enhancing the pipeline and productivity.

During his 14-year career at Takeda in the U.S. and Japan, Azmi has overseen global drug development for both early and late stage agents, bringing the majority of Takeda’s 21 new drugs in multiple therapeutic areas and countries to market. He is also responsible for the design and execution of the company’s major R&D transformation utilizing industry leading approaches to drive innovation. Azmi has led or directed partnerships and alliances in gastroenterology, central nervous system, oncology, immunology, and cardiovascular medicine and metabolism.

Prior to Takeda, Azmi held leadership positions at Abbott Laboratories, including venture head of immunology and oncology ventures.

Azmi has an M.D. from Ain-Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, and an M.P.H. from the University of Minnesota.

Bhaskar joined Frazier in 2011 and brings to the Life Sciences team significant operational experience in drug research, development, and commercialization in the United States, Europe, and emerging markets. He leads investments in later-stage companies and in international opportunities and is a co-founder of Arcutis Biotherapeutics (NASDAQ: ARQT), where he serves on the board of directors. Bhaskar also serves on the board of Tarsus Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:TARS), and also served on the board of Silvergate Pharmaceuticals (acquired by CutisPharma), Corium International (NASDAQ: CORI) which was acquired by Gurnet Point Capital and Thesan Pharmaceuticals.

Prior to joining Frazier, Bhaskar was President of Valeant Pharmaceuticals, where he led Valeant’s international operations and business development activities. He joined Valeant through its acquisition of Dow Pharmaceutical Sciences, where he had been President and CEO. Dow focused on dermatology drug development and commercialization, and was the source of multiple approved products including Jublia for onychomycosis and Acanya for acne. Before Dow, Bhaskar worked at Mylan Pharmaceuticals in several capacities including EVP of Scientific Affairs at Mylan subsidiary Bertek Pharmaceuticals, and as General Manager of the Dermatology Division. Earlier, he worked at Penederm, a skin-products and drug-delivery company, as VP of R&D.

Bhaskar also serves on an Advisory Board at John’s Hopkins Institute of Bioethics and the School of Pharmacy Innovation Center at the University of the Pacific.

Bhaskar holds a Ph.D. from the University of Louisiana, a M.S. in Industrial Pharmacy from Jadavpur University, India and a B.S. in Pharmacy from Jadavpur University.

Bob joined Frazier in January 2016 and is currently Chief Executive Officer of Cirius Therapeutics, where he serves on the board of directors. He also serves on the board of Inipharm. He also served as Chairman of the board for Mavupharma until its acquisition by AbbVie and served on the boards of Frazier Lifesciences Acquisition Corporation (NASDAQ: FLAC) and Imago BioSciences (acquired by Merck).

Before joining Frazier, Bob was Chief Executive Officer of Amira Pharmaceuticals until its sale to Bristol-Myers Squibb in 2011 for $475 million. In this capacity, he was instrumental in focusing Amira’s development efforts, strengthening its pipeline and forging key collaborations with partners such as GlaxoSmithKline. Previously, he held a number of senior management positions over 17 years at Amgen.

Bob currently serves on the board of directors for several companies, and has held multiple board seats in the past.

Bob earned his M.B.A. from the Anderson School at the University of California, Los Angeles; and a B.S. in microbiology and an M.S. in genetics from The Pennsylvania State University.

Brian joined Frazier Life Sciences in January 2016 and is currently co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Inipharm, where he serves on the board of directors. He was previously the Chief Business Officer and Chief Financial Officer at Cirius Therapeutics and also served as Chief Business Officer of Mavupharma from inception until its acquisition in 2019 by Abbvie.

Previously, Brian served as Vice President of Corporate Development and Operations at Sequel Pharmaceuticals, a company focused on the development of a treatment for arrhythmia. Prior to Sequel, he was responsible for corporate development at NovaCardia through its acquisition by Merck in 2007. Before this, he was a global marketing associate at Eli Lilly on the Cialis product team with responsibility for product launch and new indications, and worked in marketing and sales operations for Prudential HealthCare and in public health program management.

Brian earned his M.B.A. from the University of Texas and a B.S. from Trinity University.

Bruce joined Frazier in 2020 and brings substantial chemistry and drug development experience to the Life Sciences team.

Bruce was previously Senior Vice President, Small Molecule Drug Discovery and co-leader of Research for Genentech Research and Early Development (gRED). Prior to Genentech, Bruce served as Vice President of Chemistry at the Pfizer Global Research and Development, Ann Arbor Laboratories.

Bruce is the inventor of Lipitor®, for which he has received numerous awards, including the 2003 American Chemical Society Award for Creative Invention, the 2015 National Academy of Sciences Award for Chemistry in Service of Society, and the 2013 Perkin Medal, which is the highest award given to industrial chemists in the United States. Bruce has also been named one of the American Chemical Society Heroes in Chemistry and has been inducted into the Hall of Fame of the American Chemical Society Medicinal Chemistry Division.

Bruce received his Ph.D. in organic chemistry from Iowa State University and his B.S. in chemistry from St. Joseph’s College in Philadelphia, PA. He was also a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Rochester and served for over 10 years as an adjunct associate professor in the Department of Medicinal Chemistry in the School of Pharmacy at the University of Michigan.

Cass joined Frazier Healthcare Partners as a Senior Accountant in September 2023.

Prior to joining Frazier, she worked as a Senior Accountant at Abalta Technologies Inc., a software technology company in San Diego, CA. She also has accounting experience in the telecommunications construction, financial services, and retail sectors. She is well versed in multi-state payroll, various ERP’s and in streamlining and simplifying processes.

Cass graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Wine Business from Sonoma State University.

Chris joined Frazier Life Sciences in May 2017 and is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Mirum Pharmaceuticals, where he serves on the board of directors. He also serves on the board of Alpine Immune Sciences.

Chris previously served as Chief Financial Officer and Head of Corporate Development at Frazier portfolio company Tobira Therapeutics, a leading developer of therapeutics for non-alcoholic steatohepatitis. While at Tobira, Chris led the company’s efforts to become a public company, expand its pipeline through partnership and in-licensing, and sell the company to Allergan for total consideration of up to $1.7 billion. Prior to Tobira, Chris held business leadership roles at Jennerex Biotherapeutics, Onyx Pharmaceuticals and Abgenix.

Chris holds a B.S.B.A. from Washington University in St. Louis and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Prior to joining Frazier in April 2021, Chris was the CEO of a FINRA registered Broker Dealer that garnered one of the first approvals for transacting in digitized private market securities on an SEC Registered Alternative Trading System (“ATS”). Previously, Chris was a trader at Point72 Asset Management where he focused on public Biotechnology companies. Before Point72, Chris was a Director at Leerink Partners (now SVB Leerink), where he spent six years focused on market making in Biotech and Generic Pharmaceuticals companies. Chris began his career in Special Situations Research and transitioned to trading by managing the pre- and post-trade analytics for a program trading desk responsible for transacting on behalf of large pension funds.

Chris earned a Bachelor of Science (Finance) in Business at the University of Colorado at Boulder where he was a member of the Dean’s Cabinet for the Business School.

Chris joined Frazier Healthcare Partners in October 2019 with nine years of accounting and regulatory experience in the asset management industry.

Prior to joining Frazier, Chris was the Accounting and Compliance Manager at Brighton Jones, a Seattle-based wealth management firm. He was also previously a manager with Moss Adams in the financial services industry audit practice. Chris has extensive experience in all full-cycle accounting functions, including financial statement disclosures and internal control best practices.

Chris earned a Bachelor of Arts in International Politics from Penn State University.

Dan joined Frazier Healthcare Partners in June 2021 as Director of Compliance.

Prior to joining Frazier, Dan was a Manager in the compliance consulting practice at DLA LLC, where he was responsible for advising and leading compliance programs for registered investment advisers and broker dealers. Prior to DLA, Dan was part of the compliance team at Fortress Investment Group.

Dan received his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Florida and a JD from Hofstra University.

Dan joined Frazier Healthcare Partners in 2011 and focuses on investments in both development-stage and commercial-stage pharmaceutical companies. He has been a co-founder of and led Frazier’s investments in multiple companies including Arcutis (NASDAQ: ARQT), Lengo Therapeutics (acquired by Blueprint Medicines), Inipharm, and Radionetics Oncology. He has also led Frazier’s investments in Tarsus Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: TARS), Hummingbird Bioscience, and Cirius Therapeutics. He previously served on the boards of Semnur Pharmaceuticals (acquired by Scilex) and Sierra Oncology (acquired by GSK).

Dan has also been involved in Frazier’s investments in Acerta Pharma BV (acquired by AstraZeneca), Tobira Therapeutics (acquired by Allergan), Ignyta (acquired by Roche), Iovance (NASDAQ: IOVA), Vaxcyte (NADAQ: PCVX), Translate Bio (acquired by Sanofi), and PreCision Dermatology (acquired by Valeant).

Prior to joining Frazier, Dan was a management consultant with McKinsey & Company’s healthcare practice, where he led teams that advised leading global pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies on R&D strategy and business development strategy. He received his Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Michigan and holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, where he is a member of Tau Beta Pi.

Don joined Frazier Healthcare Partners in 2020 and brings significant experience in drug discovery and development to the Life Sciences team. In addition to his role at Frazier, Don sat on the board of directors of Pandion Therapeutics, which was acquired by Merck in 2021.

Don spent over 30 years in drug discovery research and development at Allergan, AstraZeneca, Pfizer, Pharmacia, Wyeth and Abbott. Most recently, Don was a Senior Vice President in R&D at Allergan where he led an organization responsible for research and preclinical functions, clinical pharmacology, and the scientific arm of business development, while also co-leading the governance of the pre-POC clinical development portfolio.

Don has been involved in the entry of over 25 compounds into clinical development across multiple therapeutic areas. Don has also been involved in more than 25 business development deals since 2015, including sizeable compound and company acquisitions, licensing partnerships, option deals, build to buys, and outlicenses. He created unique drug repositioning units at AstraZeneca and Pfizer, and groundbreaking partnership models for drug development with the National Institutes of Health and the Medical Research Council UK.

Don received a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec a B.S. in Biology and Mathematics from SUNY at Stony Brook, and completed a post-doctoral fellowship in Pharmacology and Neuroscience at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, MO. He has published over 70 peer reviewed articles and patents.

Having originally joined Frazier in 2003 to help launch the Bay Area office and interface with Frazier’s portfolio companies, Liz rejoined the firm in 2015. She is a Principal on the Life Sciences team. Her responsibilities include investor relations and communications, marketing and fundraising, and public relations.

Prior to joining Frazier, Liz was a Product Project Manager in the Global Regulatory Affairs and Safety department at Amgen. She was previously an Associate Project Manager at MacuSight.

Liz received a B.A. in Mass Communications from the University of California at Berkeley.

Gordon joined Frazier in 2017 and is a Partner and General Counsel on the Life Sciences team. He has over 20 years of experience as counsel to venture capital investors and life sciences companies. He previously served as the Vice President and General Counsel of Frazier-sponsored SPAC Frazier Lifesciences Acquisition Corporation.

Prior to joining Frazier Life Sciences, Gordon was a partner with Cooley LLP, one of the premier biotechnology and technology law firms. In his legal practice at Cooley LLP, Gordon focused on emerging growth companies, corporate securities and mergers & acquisitions, and worked closely with Frazier Life Sciences on several investments and company creation efforts. Gordon also advised numerous other life sciences venture capital firms and companies on structuring investments and corporate matters. Before joining Cooley LLP, Gordon was Executive Vice President and General Counsel at Radiant Research, which was sold to Covance and Swiss Biosciences in 2007. Early in his career, Gordon served as an officer in the United States Navy, Judge Advocate General Corps.

Gordon holds a J.D. from the University of California at Berkeley, Boalt Hall, and graduated with High Honors in History, magna cum laude, from Colgate University.

Gordon joined the Frazier Life Sciences team as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence in March 2020. He was previously co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer at Outpost Medicine, a Frazier portfolio company.

Prior to Outpost, Gordon held several senior roles across multiple therapeutic areas at Pfizer Global R&D, leading multiple disciplines, teams and projects across Neuroscience, Pain, Sensory Disorders, Genitourinary and Urology indications. Prior to Pfizer, Gordon was a Lecturer in Pharmacology and a Laboratory Head in the Department of Pharmacology at Oxford University, where he was also a member of the Oxford Continence Group.

Gordon holds a B.Sc. and Ph.D. from Queen’s University Belfast.

With 20 years spent in the bioscience/pharmaceutical industry, Holly was most recently with Avidity Biosciences.

Holly has also held positions at Arena Pharmaceuticals, Pelican Expression Technology, Paramount Biosciences, Tracon Pharmaceuticals, Biogen Idec, and Idec.

A native of Texas, Holly has lived in San Diego since 1985, and is a veteran of the U.S. Navy.

Ian joined the Frazier Life Sciences team as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence in March 2020. He was previously Chief Medical Officer at Outpost Medicine, a Frazier portfolio company.

Prior to Outpost, Ian was at Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Europe, where he was Head of Clinical Development. Prior to Mitsubishi, he was with Pfizer for more than 15 years in a variety of clinical and development leadership roles, including six years as Clinical Head of Genitourinary and Women’s Health and most recently as Vice President and Global Clinical Head for the Innovative Pharma Business. Ian has provided leadership to numerous projects across multiple therapeutic areas spanning Phases 1-4, including submission of five products for approval in major markets, and two FDA approvals.

Ian received his MA in Natural Sciences from Cambridge University and his medical degree (B.M., B.Ch.) from Oxford University. He was awarded a medical doctorate (D.M.) from Oxford for his research on the pathophysiology of overactive and neurogenic bladder. He is an accredited pharmaceutical physician and a Fellow of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine (FFPM) in the UK.

Jim joined Frazier Healthcare Partners in 2009, and brings significant experience in drug discovery and development to the Life Sciences team. Jim is closely involved with the sourcing and evaluation of new investment opportunities, and advises multiple portfolio companies on topics ranging from medicinal chemistry and preclinical characterization to IP strategy. He currently serves as a member of the scientific advisory boards of Inipharm and Lengo Therapeutics. Jim served as an independent board member of Frazier portfolio company Ignyta prior to its acquisition by Roche, and has served as a member of the scientific advisory board for Mavupharma (acquired by AbbVie) and multiple other Frazier investments.

Jim spent over 30 years in drug discovery research and development at Schering-Plough, Parke-Davis, and Pfizer. He most recently held the position of Senior Vice President, Worldwide Discovery Research at Pfizer and was responsible for research activities in the United States, United Kingdom, and Japan, involving over 3000 scientists at 7 research laboratory sites. Jim has been involved with the discovery and development of many drugs that have been FDA approved or are currently in clinical development, including Lipitor, Lyrica, and Ibrance.

Jim has also been an Adjunct Professor of Medicinal Chemistry at the University of Michigan, and Editor-in-Chief of the American Chemistry Society (ACS) publication series called Annual Reports in Medicinal Chemistry. Jim’s research in drug discovery programs – related to the treatment of gastrointestinal, central nervous system, and cardiovascular diseases with a focus on mechanistic biochemistry – have been recorded in over 100 publications, abstracts, and patents.

In addition to his role at Frazier, Jim is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Deciphera Pharmaceuticals and a board member of Erasca.

Jim received a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from the University of New Hampshire and a B.S. in Chemistry from Bates College. He was an N.I.H. Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Michigan and a postdoctoral Fellow at The Squibb Institute for Medical Research.

Dr. Jamie Topper is a Managing General Partner of Frazier’s Life Sciences team. He joined Frazier in 2003 and opened Frazier’s Menlo Park office in the same year. Throughout his 18 years as a General Partner, Dr. Topper has invested across 21 companies encompassing a broad spectrum of Life Science and Biopharmaceutical companies.

Jamie has led and served as a Board member for many of Frazier’s successful life sciences investments, including Calistoga Pharmaceuticals (sold to Gilead), Rempex, Incline (both sold to The Medicines Company), Alnara (sold to Lilly), Portola (IPO 2013), Amunix, (sold to Sanofi) and Threshold (IPO 2005).

Prior to joining Frazier, Dr. Topper served as Head of the Cardiovascular Research and Development franchise at Millennium Pharmaceuticals and ran Millennium San Francisco (formerly COR Therapeutics). Before the merger of COR and Millennium, he served as the Vice President of Biology at COR and was responsible for all research activities. He served on the faculties of Stanford Medical School and Harvard Medical School prior to joining COR.

Dr. Topper received his M.D. and Ph.D. in Biophysics from Stanford and holds a B.S. from the University of Michigan. He completed his postgraduate training in Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Disease at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston and was board certified in both disciplines.

In 2011 Dr. Topper was named to the Midas List of leading venture capitalists, and in 2013 was recognized by Forbes as one of the top 10 healthcare investors.

Jamie joined Frazier Healthcare Partners in 2016 and invests in private and public development stage biotechnology companies. Jamie co-leads the Frazier Life Sciences public investment strategy and serves as a co-Portfolio Manager of the Frazier Life Sciences Public Fund (FLSPF) with Albert Cha. Jamie co-led Frazier’s investment in Amunix Pharmaceuticals (sold to Sanofi), where he represented Frazier on the company’s board of directors.

Prior to joining Frazier, Jamie was a management consultant with the Boston Consulting Group, where he was a core member of the Healthcare Practice. In this capacity, he led projects involving Biotechnology mergers and acquisitions, R&D, manufacturing, and business development strategy.

Jamie received his M.D. from the University of Southern California, where he was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha honors society, and his B.A. from Middlebury College. He completed his post-graduate training in Internal Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston.

Jan joined the Frazier Life Sciences team in 2022. He founded Ascendis Pharma (NASDAQ: ASND) and currently serves as President and Chief Executive Officer, as well as a board member. He previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer of LifeCycle Pharma A/S., as well as President of the Pharmaceutical Division of Maxygen, Inc. Prior to that, Jan co-founded ProFound Pharma A/S (acquired by Maxygen, Inc.), where he served as Co-Chief Executive Officer. He has also held various positions at Novo Nordisk A/S, including Vice President of Protein Discovery. In addition, Jan serves as Chairman of the board of directors for Hummingbird Bioscience.

Jan received a Cand. Scient. degree in Biochemistry from the University of Odense, Denmark, and pursued his post-doctoral research at Children’s Hospital in Oakland, CA.

Jenn joined Frazier Healthcare Partners in 2015 as Controller for the firm’s accounting, treasury and finance operations, with 19 years of accounting and financial experience in the asset management industry.

Prior to joining Frazier, Jenn was the CFO of Red Mountain Capital Partners, a hedge fund manager located in Los Angeles. She was also previously a manager with PricewaterhouseCoopers in the Asset Management audit practice. Jenn has extensive experience in hedge and private equity fund activities, including multiple fund structures and standard control practices, and has advised numerous asset managers in the implementation of new financial accounting and disclosure requirements.

Jenn earned a Bachelor of Arts in Accounting from Western Washington University.

Joe joined Frazier Healthcare Partners in 2021, where he focuses on identifying and evaluating investment opportunities and creating new ventures in the life sciences. He has contributed to multiple investments since joining the firm, including NewAmsterdam Pharma (NASDAQ: NAMS) and Alpha-9 Theranostics.

Prior to joining Frazier, Joe was in venture creation at Flagship Pioneering, where he developed the science, intellectual property and corporate strategy of first-in-category life science companies. In that context, Joe played a pivotal role in the inception and development of Generate Biomedicines, a platform company leveraging machine learning for the design of protein therapeutics, where he also held operational roles in biology and corporate strategy. Prior to Flagship, Joe was an early employee at Moderna, where he aided the buildout of the computational biology function, led several research activities to better understand the biophysics of modified mRNA, and helped launch a therapeutic program in personalized cancer vaccines.

Joe received his M.B.A. from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan, where he received multiple awards recognizing his outstanding performance in entrepreneurship and venture capital. Joe also holds a M.S. in Genomics and B.S. in Biology from the University of Connecticut.

John joined Frazier Healthcare Partners in August 2017.

Before joining Frazier, John spent three years at BlackRock, where he was most recently an Associate on the BlackRock Alternative Advisors team, focused on operational due diligence reviews of hedge fund managers. Before joining the BlackRock Alternative Advisors team, he was an analyst on BlackRock’s Private Valuation team, where he was responsible for the valuation of private, illiquid investments.

Prior to joining BlackRock, John was with Deloitte in the Seattle, WA audit practice, where he served clients in the PE/VC, technology and retail industries.

John received his Bachelor of Arts with concentrations in Finance and Accounting from Seattle University.

Kate has been in the venture capital industry for over 15 years, holding numerous Investment Assistant and Investor Relations roles. She began her career at U.S. Venture Partners, and most recently held roles at Point72 Ventures and Sapphire Ventures.

A Bay Area native, Kate attended college in the area and majored in Mathematics.

Kevin joined the Frazier Life Sciences team in 2021, where he focuses on identifying and evaluating new public investment opportunities.

Kevin was previously a resident physician in Internal Medicine at Stanford, where he cared for patients at Stanford University Medical Center and affiliated clinics. He has published over 15 peer-reviewed research articles on healthcare outcomes and utilization, clinical informatics, and quantitative pathology. During medical school, he also worked in life sciences investing as a summer associate at Frazier and at Acuta Capital.

Before his medical training, Kevin was a consultant at McKinsey and Company, where he worked with clients in the hospital services and pharmaceutical industries on corporate strategy, growth, and mergers and acquisitions.

Kevin received his M.D. from Stanford University and his B.S. from Yale University, where he graduated summa cum laude in Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa.

Kiah joined the Frazier Life Sciences team in 2023, where she focuses on identifying and evaluating new public investment opportunities.

Kiah previously trained as a Cardiothoracic Surgery resident at Stanford, where she operated on and provided intensive care for patients undergoing heart, lung, vascular, and abdominal surgeries. She was trained in traditional open operations including organ transplantation, as well as mechanical circulatory support, thoracoscopic, robot-assisted, and endovascular procedures. Throughout her medical training, Kiah performed basic science and clinical research, publishing over 30 peer-reviewed research articles focusing on cardiac surgery and heart failure therapeutics.

Prior to entering medicine, Kiah was a healthcare consultant with ClearView Healthcare Partners in Boston where she supported small, mid-size, and large pharmaceutical companies’ asset development and corporate strategy.

Kiah received her M.D. from Stanford University and her B.A. from Dartmouth College where she studied Biomedical Engineering.

Laura joined the Frazier Life Sciences team as Director of Human Resources in 2022. She has expertise in organizational health, leadership development, employee fulfillment, culture building, and change management. Laura is passionate about helping employees thrive and become more resilient in the changing world of work. She has over eighteen years of experience in finance and HR roles within the biotech/pharma industry, working with start-ups and global enterprises, as well as navigating M&A and strategic partnerships.

Laura holds an M.B.A. from Pepperdine University, a B.A. from UCLA, and is a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHRca).

Prior to joining Frazier Life Sciences, Lauren was a venture partner at 82VS, the venture studio of Alloy Therapeutics. She helped to build biologics companies leveraging Alloy’s discovery capabilities, including co-founding a company creating T-cell receptor mimic (TCRm) therapeutics for solid tumor indications.

Before her time at 82VS, Lauren was a fellow and 4:59 operating associate at 5AM Ventures, focusing on evaluating investment opportunities and building new life sciences companies. In this capacity, Lauren worked with the founding team of Entrada Therapeutics and was a member of the founding team of Nido Biosciences, spanning strategy, operations and scientific discovery roles. Early in her career, Lauren was a health tech investor at Jump Capital and management consultant at Monitor Group/Monitor Deloitte.

Lauren received her Ph.D. from Harvard University where she studied the therapeutic effects of RIPK1 inhibitors on neuroinflammation in neurodegenerative diseases under Dr. Junying Yuan.

Maggie joined Frazier Healthcare Partners in 2018 as an Executive Assistant on the Life Sciences team.

Prior to joining Frazier, Maggie spent almost five years at SpringHill Ventures, a real estate venture capital firm in Menlo Park, as Executive Assistant to the CEO. Maggie has over 20 years of experience supporting senior executives and directors in the financial and banking industry.

Maggie earned her B.A. in Management Information Systems from San Jose State University.

Maggie joined Frazier Healthcare Partners in September 2021 as a Senior Portfolio Analyst with 10 years of valuation experience.

Prior to joining Frazier, Maggie was an Associate at BlackRock on the Private Valuations Team, where she was responsible for managing the valuation process for private equity investments held in alternative investment funds. Before BlackRock she valued privately held companies for gift and estate tax purposes.

Maggie received her Bachelor of Arts in Finance from Western Washington University and is a CFA Charterholder (2015).

Maria joined the Frazier Life Sciences team as a Venture Partner in 2021. She has over 20 years of scientific and management experience in numerous public and private companies. She is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Lassen Therapeutics, a Frazier-founded company developing first-in-class antibodies as potential treatments for fibrosis, thyroid eye disease, and oncology.

Maria previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Iovance Biotherapeutics. She transformed Iovance from an early-stage development company to a company with multiple late-stage programs involving lifileucel and LN-145 for the treatment of multiple solid tumors. She raised over a billion dollars in multiple rounds of financing for the company. Prior to Iovance, Maria served as the Chief Operating Officer of Acerta Pharma B.V., where she worked on the development of Calquence® until the company’s acquisition by AstraZeneca. Prior to that, she worked at Pharmacyclics, Inc., where she was a key contributor in the creation of a broad clinical program leading to global approvals for Imbruvica® in multiple hematologic malignancies, and where she served as Chief of Oncology Operations and Alliances. Prior to joining Pharmacyclics, Maria held increasingly senior positions in Medicinal Chemistry and the project and portfolio management department at Gilead Sciences, Inc., where she was involved with multiple therapeutic areas including antivirals, oncology, and cardiovascular therapeutics and worked on the development and life cycle management of Letairis®.

Maria received her Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley and her B.S. summa cum laude, in chemistry from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She also holds an M.B.A., received with highest honors, from Golden Gate University.

Mark joined Frazier Life Sciences in 2017 as an Executive-in-Residence. He is the co-founder and Chief Business Officer of Lassen Therapeutics, a Frazier-founded company developing first-in-class antibodies as potential treatments for fibrosis, thyroid eye disease, and oncology.

Mark brings more than 20 years of leadership and biopharma industry expertise to building companies with Frazier. Prior to joining Frazier, Mark held executive leadership roles in global biotech and pharma. He most recently served as Global Head of Strategy & Business Development at Sanofi Genzyme and was a member of the company’s executive leadership team responsible for managing Sanofi Genzyme’s global businesses in rare diseases, gene therapy, immunology, multiple sclerosis, and oncology.

Mark has been responsible for business development deals and acquisitions with an aggregate value of over $5 billion, including $100+ million in venture financings, and the creation of seven new companies including $130+ million in venture financings. His business development activities have resulted in successful global co-development programs including 200,000+ patients, collaborative worldwide commercialization of blockbuster products, and enabling innovative early stage research to late stage product development and commercialization.

Prior to Genzyme, Mark was a member of Johnson & Johnson’s global business development group responsible for a range of strategic partnering and new venture activities, including the spin-out of IONSYS into Incline Therapeutics in 2010 which was financed by Frazier. Mark was responsible for Janssen’s relationship with venture capital and also helped to launch the Johnson & Johnson Innovation Center in Boston, where he was a founding member.

Mark holds a B.S. in Biology from Duke University and an M.B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley.

Mike joined the Frazier Life Sciences team in 2020 and is a highly experienced drug discoverer and biotech leader. He most recently served as EVP and Head of Genentech’s Research and Early Development (gRED) and was a member of the Roche Corporate Executive Committee in Basel. Mike was responsible for all aspects of gRED innovation, drug discovery and development, and grew a diversity of drug platform types that includes personalized therapeutic vaccines and cellular therapies. Under his leadership, gRED teams also discovered and developed many successful medicines that had meaningful positive impacts for patients. Mike currently serves on the board of directors of Pardes Biosciences, Interline, Atomwise and ERASCA.

Prior to Genentech, Mike was one of the original fifteen employees at Agouron Pharmaceuticals. He built a team that developed protein-structure based design, a novel approach to drug discovery that is utilized globally by drug discovery teams today. His leadership resulted in the discovery of a number of currently marketed anti-cancer agents.

Mike holds a B.S. in Chemistry from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a Ph.D. in synthetic organic chemistry from the California Institute of Technology, and was an American Cancer Society postdoctoral fellow at Columbia University.

Mike joined the Frazier Life Sciences team as a Senior Advisor in 2019. He previously served as the Chief Medical Officer and Head of the Medical and Scientific Organization at Flatiron Health, a healthcare technology and services company focused on accelerating cancer research and improving patient care.

Mike was formerly the Chief Medical Officer of Unum Therapeutics Inc., a Cambridge, MA cell and gene therapy company developing autologous engineered T cell products for the treatment of cancer.
Prior to Unum, Mike spent several years at Takeda/Millennium, where he was Senior Vice President and Head of the Oncology Therapy Area Unit, accountable for strategic and operational oversight of the oncology research and development portfolio globally. Prior to Takeda/Millennium, Mike was Group Vice President and the Global Therapeutic Area Head, Transplant and Oncology, at Genzyme Corporation where he was responsible for clinical development of the transplant and oncology portfolio and a member of the Transplant and Oncology Business Unit Management Team. Following Sanofi’s acquisition of Genzyme, Mike joined Sanofi Oncology as Head, Personalized Medicine and Companion Diagnostics.

From 1996 -2021, Mike was a faculty member of the Harvard Medical School and an associate physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. He received both his B.A. and M.D. from Northwestern University.

Nicole joined Frazier Healthcare Partners in May 2022 as a Senior Fund Accountant, with five years of tax accounting experience in the asset management industry.

Prior to joining Frazier, Nicole was a Tax Manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers, where she prepared and reviewed federal tax forms for hedge funds, venture capital funds, and other alternative investment funds.

Nicole earned a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and a Master of Science in Accountancy (MSA) from Erskine College and Wake Forest University, respectively. She is also a licensed CPA in the state of Washington.

Nolan joined Frazier Healthcare Partners in June 2019 as a Senior Accountant, with five years of accounting experience in the asset management industry. In January 2021, Nolan was promoted to Fund Accounting Manager.

Prior to joining Frazier, Nolan was an Associate at BlackRock where he was a member of the Alternatives Fund Accounting team and the Global Alternative Investment Services team. Prior to working at BlackRock, he was an Investment Accounting Senior Analyst at Archway Finance and Operations in Indianapolis, focused on fund administration for single family office partnerships. He has experience in fund accounting and operations for diverse asset class funds.

Nolan earned a Bachelor of Arts in Financial Management from Hillsdale College.

Olympia joined the Frazier Life Sciences team as an Executive Assistant in 2023.

Olympia has over 10 years of experience in executive support and office management in VC and tech startup environments. Prior to joining Frazier, she spent five years supporting the managing partners at a healthcare-focused investment firm.

Patrick is a Managing Partner of Frazier’s Life Sciences team. He joined the firm in 1999 as an associate and opened Frazier’s Menlo Park office in 2003 as a partner. Throughout his 16 years as a General and then Managing Partner, Patrick has led or co-led investments across 30 companies.

Patrick has successfully partnered with entrepreneurs across a range of company types and stages, from early-stage metabolic companies to >$100M commercial-stage dermatology companies. Patrick has also been active in company formation around both early- and later-stage assets. He has led and served as director for many successful Frazier Life Sciences investments, including ARMO (acquired by Eli Lilly), Ignyta (acquired by Roche), Silvergate Pharmaceuticals (acquired by CutisPharma), Tobira Therapeutics (acquired by Allergan), Marcadia (acquired by Roche), Calixa (acquired by Cubist), Cerexa (acquired by Forest), PreCision Dermatology (acquired by Valeant), MedPointe (acquired by Meda), and Collegium (NASDAQ: COLL). He currently serves on the boards of Arcutis Biotherapeutics (NASDAQ: ARQT), HilleVax (NASDAQ: HLVX), MBX Biosciences, Mirum Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: MIRM), and Scout Bio. He is also a board observer for Aspen Neuroscience.

Patrick also serves on the investment committee for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Strategic Investment Fund and is Vice Chair for LifeMoves, which is the largest provider of homeless services in Silicon Valley.

Prior to joining Frazier Patrick helped develop McKinsey & Company’s West Coast biotechnology consulting practice, where he led projects involving mergers and acquisitions, product launches, sales force optimization, corporate partnering, and research prioritization.

Patrick received his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. He also holds a B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate and Morehead Scholar.

Peter joined the Frazier Life Sciences team as a Senior Associate in 2022, where he focuses on identifying and evaluating new public investment opportunities.

Prior to joining Frazier, Peter was a management consultant with McKinsey & Company’s life sciences practice, where he led teams engaging with leading organizations across R&D and business development projects.

Peter received his M.D. from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and his B.A. in Health & Societies with a Health Care Markets & Finance concentration from the University of Pennsylvania.

Rob joined Frazier Life Sciences team as a Senior Advisor in 2015 and rejoined the team as a Venture Partner in 2020. He co-founded and currently serves as the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of HilleVax, a Frazier-backed company focused on the development of a prophylactic vaccine for norovirus infections.

Rob has been working with Frazier and its portfolio companies as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Senior Advisor, and executive for 14 years. He was formerly President and Chief Executive Officer of VentiRx Pharmaceuticals, a Frazier-founded company developing a small molecule therapeutic to activate the immune system against solid tumors. Rob co-founded VentiRx while an entrepreneur-in-residence at Frazier and led the company through its transformational partnership with Celgene. He joined Celgene in 2014 to lead their efforts in Immuno-Oncology, was promoted to Executive Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer in 2016, and was subsequently Executive Vice President and Head of Business Development & Global Alliances and served as a member of the Executive Committee until the acquisition of Celgene by Bristol-Myers Squibb in 2019.

Prior to VentiRx, Rob served as Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of Dendreon Corporation and led clinical development of ProvengeTM, which was approved for metastatic prostate cancer. Before Dendreon, he was Vice President of Medical Genetics at Corixa, a Frazier portfolio company which was acquired by GlaxoSmithKline. Earlier, Rob was an Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School and an Associate Physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.

Rob completed his undergraduate and medical degrees at the University of California, Los Angeles and received his Ph.D. at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies as part of the NIH-sponsored Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP).

Roger joined Frazier Healthcare Partners’ Life Sciences team in 2016 as a Senior Advisor and has worked with Frazier-backed portfolio companies for over 15 years. He was with Acerta Pharma as both a member of the company’s founding Board of Directors and as Chief Scientific Officer through its majority-share acquisition by AstraZeneca for $7 billion. Acerta/AstraZeneca are developing acalabrutinib, a second-generation Bruton’s tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitor approved as Calquence for the treatment of patients with CLL/SLL or MCL. He was previously co-founder and Chief Development Officer with Calistoga Pharmaceuticals, a Frazier portfolio company acquired by Gilead Sciences, and Roger continued with Gilead to help complete the development of idelalisib, an isoform-selective PI3K inhibitor now marketed as Zydelig. Roger was also part of the founding team and served as Chief Scientific Officer for Phathom Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: PHAT). He served on the scientific advisory board of Mavupharma, a Frazier-founded company focused on novel approaches to selectively target the STING (stimulator of interferon genes) pathway, until its acquisition by AbbVie. He currently serves on the board of directors of Lengo Therapeutics, as well as the scientific advisory boards of Cirius Therapeutics and Inipharm.

Prior to Calistoga, Roger was Senior Scientific Director with Merck Research Laboratories, where he helped guide the Merck integration of Seattle-based Rosetta Inpharmatics. Prior to Merck, he was Director of Drug Safety Evaluation at Abbott Laboratories, and was Senior Scientist with both The Upjohn Company and Pharmacia & Upjohn Inc. Roger directly contributed to the discovery, development, approval, and life cycle of several products including Camptosar, Zyvox, Spexil, Colestid Tablets, Actos, Kaletra and Humira. Prior to his career in the pharmaceutical industry, he held research positions at West Virginia and Michigan State Universities, and at Argonne National Laboratories. He currently serves on the boards of Link Immunotherapeutics, Kartos Therapeutics and Aminex, and serves as a scientific advisor to several small companies.

Roger received his Ph.D. in Cellular and Molecular Biology from West Virginia University, where he studied the role of protein kinases and cytoskeletal function in cancer. He holds several patents, has authored more than 120 publications, and is a Fellow of the Academy of Toxicological Sciences.

Scott joined the Frazier Life Sciences team as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence in May 2020. He currently serves as the Chairman of the Board of Acacia Pharma Group plc. Previously, he was Chief Executive Officer at Outpost Medicine, a Frazier portfolio company.

Prior to Outpost, Scott was President and Chief Operating Officer of Acacia Pharma, Inc. From 2009 until its acquisition by Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals for $1.4 billion in 2014, he was Senior Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer of Cadence Pharmaceuticals. At Cadence, Scott built the company’s commercial and supply-chain infrastructure and led the launch of OFIRMEV, a market-leading non-opioid injectable analgesic. Earlier in his career, Scott served in a variety of roles of increasing responsibility at Eli Lilly and Company, including sales, marketing, development, manufacturing, and strategic planning.

Scott holds a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Bradley University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Scott joined the Frazier Life Sciences team as a Venture Partner in 2023. He has over 20 years of experience as a drug developer, biotechnology executive, and physician-scientist with a strong track record of developing important medicines and building companies.

Scott was most recently the Chief Executive Officer of Latigo Biotherapeutics, a biotechnology company developing non-opioid, small molecules for pain. He co-founded the company in 2019 and grew it from a concept to a fully integrated drug discovery company entering the clinic.

Prior to Latigo, Scott spent nearly 15 years at Amgen and worked his way up through the Global Development organization to become the Vice President, Therapeutic Area Head for Bone, Cardiovascular, Metabolic, and Neuroscience. During his tenure, he oversaw the clinical development of a portfolio of assets that leveraged diverse modalities, including small molecules, recombinant proteins, monoclonal antibodies, and oligonucleotides, for indications ranging from heart failure, dyslipidemias, obesity, anemia, fracture healing, to Alzheimer’s disease. Scott was Amgen’s first cardiologist and built the company’s cardiovascular and metabolic portfolios and teams. He led the development and global approvals of Repatha® for LDL-cholesterol reduction and the prevention of heart attack and stroke, contributed to the US approval of Corlanor® for chronic heart failure, managed the team responsible for the US approval of Aimovig® for migraine, and was instrumental in the development and FDA approval of Evenity® for the treatment of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women at high risk for fracture.

Before joining industry, Scott was on faculty at Stanford in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine conducting NIH-sponsored research, and served as a non-interventional cardiologist at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Palo Alto, CA.

Scott received his M.D., Magna Cum Laude from Harvard Medical School and his B.S., Magna Cum Laude from Haverford College. He completed his postgraduate training in Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Medicine at Stanford and post-doctoral cardiovascular research at COR Therapeutics, Millennium Pharmaceuticals, and Stanford.

Stacy joined the Frazier Life Sciences team in 2011. Since then, she has become an integral member of the Frazier Life Sciences organization. Stacy handles a multitude of roles to ensure the continued success of the day-to-day operations for the Frazier Life Sciences team.

Prior to Frazier, she previously held positions managing the office and operations for high tech companies, Kirkland & Ellis, and other biotech companies.

Steve joined Frazier Life Sciences in June 2003 as Director of Finance, became Vice President of Finance in 2005, Chief Financial Officer in 2007, and Partner in 2013. He manages Frazier Life Sciences’s accounting, treasury, and finance operations.

Steve has over 30 years of tax, accounting, and financial experience. Prior to joining Frazier Life Sciences, he was the Vice President of Finance at LapLink Inc. Prior to LapLink, he held finance and corporate development positions with Elixis Corporations and its successor, Data Critical Corporation. He was also previously a Senior Manager in the tax department at Ernst & Young LLP in Seattle.

Sydnie joined Frazier Healthcare Partners in 2018 with 14 years of accounting experience in the asset management industry.

Prior to joining Frazier, Sydnie was a Vice President on the alternatives fund accounting team at BlackRock and an Accounting and Operations Manager at Silver Creek Capital Management. She was also at PricewaterhouseCoopers for five years, focusing on clients in the asset management audit practice. She has extensive experience in fund accounting, operations and financial reporting for alternative investment funds.

Sydnie earned a Bachelor of Arts in Accounting and a Masters in Professional Accounting, both from the University of Washington. She is also a licensed CPA in the state of Washington.

Tao joined the Frazier Life Sciences team as a Venture Partner in 2022. He has over 25 years of business development, general management, operations, strategy, and commercial leadership experience in the pharmaceutical and biotech industry.

Tao most recently served as President & Chief Operating Officer and then Chief Strategy Officer for Zai Lab, a publicly-traded biotech company listed on both NASDAQ (ZLAB) and Hong Kong, where he held a broad set of responsibilities including strategy, operations, business development, CMC, quality, and other corporate functions.

Prior to Zai Lab, Tao was Executive Vice President, Chief Commercial and Business Officer of Portola Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: PTLA), a publicly-traded biotech company specializing in cardiovascular disease and cancer. In this role, he led Portola’s commercial operations, marketing, sales, and business development.

Tao was previously Vice President, Head of M&A and Alliance Management at Bristol Myers-Squibb (BMS), leading the company’s corporate development, alliance management and venture capital investing activities.

Prior to BMS, Tao worked at Johnson & Johnson (J&J) for 11 years, holding a number of leadership positions with increasing responsibilities, most recently as Vice President, Head of M&A, responsible for J&J’s global M&A activities in the pharmaceutical sector.

Over his career, Tao oversaw and was the primary deal negotiator for over 50 high impact business development transactions. Earlier in his career, he worked at Scios Inc., a biotech company in California, and McKinsey & Company.

Tao received an MS in biology from the University of Rochester, and an MBA in finance and marketing from Vanderbilt University. He did his undergraduate studies in biology at Tsinghua University and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).

Tyler joined Frazier Healthcare Partners in April 2021 as a Fund Accountant, with three years of tax accounting experience in the asset management industry. In January 2023, he was promoted to Senior Fund Accountant.

Prior to joining Frazier, Tyler was a Senior Tax Associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he prepared and reviewed federal tax forms for hedge funds, venture capital funds, and other alternative investment funds.

Tyler earned a Bachelor of Arts in Accounting and a Masters in Professional Accounting, both from the University of Texas at Austin. He is also a licensed CPA in the state of Washington.

Mike has been a member of the Frazier Life Sciences team since 2006 and brings over 35 years of experience as a scientist and executive to the team. He has co-founded multiple Frazier portfolio companies, including Mavupharma (acquired by AbbVie), Inipharm, Calistoga Pharmaceuticals (acquired by Gilead Sciences), and Stromedix (acquired by Biogen Idec). Mike served as President of Calistoga, which was the first company to demonstrate the clinical benefit of an isoform selective PI3K (idelalisib) inhibitor in hematologic malignancies. That drug, under the brand name Zydelig, received approvals from both the FDA and EMA in 2014 to treat chronic lymphocytic leukemia and follicular lymphoma. He currently serves on the board of directors of Inipharm, and on the Scientific Advisory Boards of Inipharm, Lassen Therapeutics, and Sudo Biosciences.

Previously, Mike was one of the founding scientists at ICOS Corporation, where he served as VP and Scientific Director. Mike’s responsibilities at ICOS included discovery, preclinical research, medicinal chemistry, and process chemistry groups including those that helped generate and support the worldwide registration and launch of Cialis. Earlier, Mike developed expertise in the fields of immunology/inflammation and oncology while on the faculty at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center. Mike has also been a member of the Scientific Advisory Boards of the Keystone Symposia, Caprion, and the University of Texas Department of Chemistry.

Mike is currently a member of the Therapeutic Advisory Board for Frazier company AnaptysBio. He is also a member of the Scientific Advisory Board for Frazier company Lassen Therapeutics as well as OncoResponse and Trestle Biotherapeutics. In addition, Mike serves on the Board of Directors for Life Science Washington. He was also a member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of the Benaroya Research Institute.

Mike received his Ph.D. from the University of Alberta Department of Immunology. His doctoral research focused on genetic resistance to virally induced neoplastic disease and invasive mechanisms, including the first description of antigen gain associated with organ-specific tumor metastasis. While a Damon Runyon-Walter Winchell and American Cancer Society fellow at Stanford University in the lab of Irving Weissman, Mike discovered the first cell adhesion molecule implicated in site selective leukocyte traffic.

Zaneta joined the Frazier Life Sciences team in 2022, where she focuses on company creation.

Prior to joining Frazier, Zaneta served as Senior Director of Corporate Development at Frazier portfolio company Amunix Pharmaceuticals, a company developing conditionally active immune-oncology therapeutics. In that context, she played a key role in the acquisition of Amunix by Sanofi.

Before joining Amunix, Zaneta was the Chief of Staff to the General Manager of Philips Neuro, where she led the strategy and business development functions for the business unit. Prior to her role at Philips Neuro, she was an Engagement Manager at McKinsey, where she served biopharmaceutical and PE clients on strategy, M&A, and venture projects.

Zaneta received her Ph.D. in Gene Expression from The University of Manchester, UK, where she was a Wellcome Trust fellow. She also holds a Master’s degree in Biotechnology from Jagiellonian University in Poland, and has completed a postdoctoral fellowship in neuroepigenomics as a Walter V. and Idun Berry fellow at Stanford University.