Andrew Chan

Andrew Chan joined Genentech in 2001 as senior director of Immunology. He was named vice president and senior vice president of Research- Immunology in 2003 and 2007, respectively. In 2010, he was appointed senior vice president- Research Biology and oversees Genentech's research opportunities.

Prior to joining Genentech, Chan was an associate professor in the Division of Rheumatology and the Departments of Medicine, Pathology and Immunology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, where he was also a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) associate investigator.

Chan received his bachelor's and master's degrees in chemistry from Northwestern University, and his medical degree and doctorate in cellular and developmental biology from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. He completed his internship and residency in internal medicine at Barnes Hospital at Washington University School of Medicine before becoming a postdoctoral clinical and research fellow at the University of California, San Francisco.

Chan is a frequent lecturer and has authored or co-authored more than 50 scientific articles.