Christopher P. Austin
Director/Board Member at National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
Profile
Christopher Austin, M.D., joined Flagship in 2021 and serves as CEO Partner and Chief Executive Officer of Vesalius Therapeutics.
Chris is a trained clinician and geneticist, with more than 20 years of experience in translational research in both the public and private sectors.
He joined Flagship from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) where he served as the founding Director of the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS).
In this role, he led the Center’s work to transform translation - the process by which interventions that benefit patients are developed and deployed - from an empirical process into a predictive science.
Chris previously served as Senior Advisor to the Director for translational research at the NIH National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) implementing research programs to derive scientific insights and therapeutic benefits from the results of the Human Genome Project.
He also founded and directed the NIH Chemical Genomics Center, Therapeutics for Rare and Neglected Diseases program, Toxicology in the 21st Century initiative, and NIH Center for Translational Therapeutics.
Before joining NIH, Chris worked at Merck, where he directed programs on genome-based discovery of novel targets and drugs, with a particular focus on treatments for schizophrenia and Alzheimer’s disease.
Chris is a member of the National Academy of Medicine and earned his M.D.
from Harvard Medical School and his A.B.
in Biology from Princeton University.
He completed a research fellowship in developmental neurogenetics at Harvard and trained in internal medicine and neurology at the Massachusetts General Hospital.
Christopher P. Austin active positions
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National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences National AgencyGovernment National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences studies translation on a system-wide level as a scientific and operational problem. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Rockville, MD. | Director/Board Member | - |
Flagship Pioneering
Flagship Pioneering Investment ManagersFinance Flagship Pioneering (Flagship Pioneering) is a venture capital firm founded in 1982 by Ed M Kania and Noubar B Afeyan. The firm is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts. | Private Equity Investor | 2021-03-31 |
Training of Christopher P. Austin
Harvard Medical School | Doctorate Degree |
Princeton University | Undergraduate Degree |
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National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences National AgencyGovernment National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences studies translation on a system-wide level as a scientific and operational problem. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Rockville, MD. | Government |
Flagship Pioneering
Flagship Pioneering Investment ManagersFinance Flagship Pioneering (Flagship Pioneering) is a venture capital firm founded in 1982 by Ed M Kania and Noubar B Afeyan. The firm is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts. | Finance |
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