Briggs W. Morrison

Briggs Morrison, M.D. has served as a member of the board of directors since June 2017. Dr. Morrison currently serves as the President, Head of R+D at Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Inc., where he has been since June 2015, and as a member of its board of directors since July 2015. Prior to joining Syndax, Dr. Morrison served as Executive Vice President, Global Medicines Development and Chief Medical Officer at AstraZeneca plc from January 2012 to June 2015, leading the company’s global, late-stage development organization and serving as a member of the AstraZeneca senior executive team.

From October 2007 to December 2011, Dr. Morrison held a number of positions of increasing responsibility at Pfizer Inc., culminating in his appointment as Head, Medical Affairs, Safety and Regulatory Affairs for Pfizer’s human health business. Dr. Morrison served as chairman of the board of TransCelerate BioPharma Inc. from 2014 to 2015, a member of the executive committee of the Clinical Trials Transformation Initiative sponsored by FDA. In addition to Syndax, Dr. Morrison currently serves on the boards of directors of two other public companies, Arvinas, Inc. and Werewolf, Inc. as well as on the boards of directors of several private companies. He is also currently an executive partner at MPM Capital LLC, a healthcare-focused venture capital firm, a position he has held since June 2015.

Dr. Morrison received a B.S. in biology from Georgetown University and an M.D. from the University of Connecticut Medical School. He completed residency training in internal medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and a fellowship in medical oncology at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.