Austin Gurney, PhD, Senior Vice President, Molecular and Cellular Biology

Austin Gurney joined OncoMed Pharmaceuticals at its founding as Vice President of Molecular and Cellular Biology. Prior to OncoMed, Dr. Gurney worked at Genentech where his research led to the discovery of numerous growth factors and cytokines. He has authored 60 papers and is an inventor on several hundred patents related to therapeutic applications in immunology and cancer. Dr. Gurney has two decades of experience in biotechnology and in the development of novel therapeutics.

Dr. Gurney conducted his PhD work at Case Western Reserve University. He completed post doctoral studies with Dr. Bryan Williams at the Cleveland Clinic, and at Genentech with Dr. David Goeddel.