Shannon Turley, PhD

Vice President and Therapeutic Area Head, Immunology and Regenerative Medicine at Genentech

Speaker

Dr. Turley is the Vice President of Cancer Immunology Discovery, Senior Fellow and Cancer Immunology Therapeutic Area Head at Genentech. where she oversees the Cancer Immunotherapy portfolio including early stage research to early clinical development. Prior to joining Genentech in 2014, Dr. Turley served on the faculty at Dana Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI) and Harvard Medical School (HMS) as well as the Associate Director of the Harvard PhD Program in Immunology. Dr. Turley has extensive experience in research and drug development focused on stromal, immune and tissue biology in cancer, fibrosis, inflammation and autoimmune diseases. Dr. Turley received her PhD from Yale University School of Medicine and postdoctoral training at Joslin Diabetes Center at Harvard Medical School.