Leadership Team 2013-2014
President
Xiang Yang Yu, Ph. D.
Principal Investigator, Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Cambridge, MA
Vice Presidents
Zhiyong Yang, Ph. D.
Senior Principal Scientist, Pfizer Inc., Cambridge, MA
Qinglin Che, Ph. D.
Research Scientist, Synta Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Lexington, MA
Sue Ma, M. D.
Scientist II, Novartis Institute of BioMedical Research, Cambridge, MA
General Manager
Qingqing Cao, Ph. D.
Sr. Engineer, Becton Dickinson (BD), Bedford, MA
Executive Committee Members
Lan Cao
Team Lead, Product Development, Organogenesis Inc., Canton, MA
Steven Du, MD, PhD, MBA
President & CEO, Long Pharmaceuticals
Ellen Fan
Sr. Scientist, Arsenal Medical Inc. Watertown, MA
Kevin Fang, Ph. D.
Sr. Director of Medicinal Chemistry, Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc., Marlborough, MA
Henry Gu, J. D.
Counsel, WilmerHale, Boston, MA
Fred Hu, Ph. D.
Executive Director of Discovery Chemistry Services, ChemPartner, Shanghai, China
Shengfang Jin, Ph. D.
Sr. Director/Biology, Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cambridge, MA
Jinbo Lee, Ph. D.
President, Sage Partner International Inc., Cambridge, MA
Howard (Hao) Li, Ph. D.
Associate Director, Program Office, Novartis Institutes of Biomedical Research, Inc., Cambridge, MA
Fushuang Liu
Vice President, Wuxi Howfond Biopharma, Co. Ltd., Jiangshu, China
Susan Qu, Ph.D. MBA
Principal Project Manager, Genzyme Corporation, a division of Sanofi, Framingham, MA
Ji Shi
Equity research associate, Cowen & Company, Boston MA
Shallwei Sun
General Manager, Callisyn Biomedical, Inc, North Andover, MA
Ze Tian, Ph. D.
Instructor, Dana Farber Cancer Institute/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Wendy Yang, MBA
Sr. Project Manager, Genzyme Corporation, a division of Sanofi, Waltham, MA
Yikai Wang, Ph. D.
The Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA
Yongzhong Wang, Ph. D.
Deputy General Manager, Kanghong Biotechnology Co. Ltd., Chengdu, China
Yueming Wang, MBA
Deputy General Manager, Tide Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., Beijing, China
Zhigang Wang, Ph. D.
Sr. Principal Scientist, Celgene Avilomics Research, Bedford, MA
Li Xing, Ph. D.
Senior Principal Scientist, Pfizer, Inc. Cambridge, MA
Wei Zhang, Ph. D.
Staff Scientist, Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Norwood , MA
Weiyi(Wendy) Zhang, Ph. D.
President, Boston Lincoln International, Lincoln, MA
Youxin Zhang, Ph. D.
Senior Consultant, Navigant Consulting, Boston, MA
Liping Zhou, Ph. D.
Principal Scientist, Novartis Institute of BioMedical Research., Cambridge, MA
Zhendong Zhu, Ph. D.
Sr. Principal Investigator, Celgene Avilomics Research, Bedford, MA
Board of Directors
Zhihong Chen, Ph. D.; Past President (2011-2012)
Principal Scientist, Eisai Inc., Andover, MA
Chaoyang Dai, Ph. D.; Past president (2010-2011)
Vice President of Operations, Acebright, Inc. Bedford, MA
Jun Han, Ph. D.; Founding President
CEO, SOTA International LLC, Boston, MA
Shiwen Lin, Ph. D.; Chairman of the Board
Associate Director, Process & Analytical Technologies, Agenus, Inc. Lexington, MA
Lixin Shen, Ph. D.
President and CEO, Wuxi Howfond Biopharma Co., Ltd., Jiangsu, China
Zhao-Kui Wan, Ph. D.; Past-President (2009-2010)
Sr. Principal Scientist, Pfizer Inc., Cambridge, MA
Yihan Wang, Ph. D.;
Associate Director/Chemistry, ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cambridge, MA
Erxi Wu, Ph. D.
Assistant Prof., North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND
Junjun Wu, Ph. D.; Past President (2007-2009)
CEO，WuXi AllNature Biotech LLC, Jiangsu, China
Philip Zhang, Ph. D., J. D.; Immediate Past President
Co-Founder and Co-Managing Principal, Milstein Zhang & Wu LLC, Newton, MA
CABA Legal Council
Fred Gilman
Attorney at Law, Lynch, DeSimone & Nylen, LLP, Boston, MA
CABA Advisors
Youssef Bennani, Ph. D.
Vice President/Discovery Chemistry, Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc., Cambridge, MA
Tim Clackson, Ph. D.
President of Research and Development and Chief Scientific Officer, Ariad Pharmaceuticals Inc., Cambridge, MA
Yuan-Hua Ding, Ph. D.
Senior Director & Head of External R&D Innovation - Asia, Pfizer
Pierre Dodion, M. D., MBA
Sr. VP, Corporate Development, Ariad Pharmaceuticals Inc., Cambridge, MA
Chen Li, Ph. D.
Chief Executive Officer, Hua Medicine, Inc., Shanghai, China
Luke Li, Ph. D.
Exec Director, Head of Global Biotherapeutic Technologies, Bio-Innovation, Pfizer
Shi Li, Ph. D.
CEO, Zerun Biotechnology, Shanghai, CHINA
Yuanli Liu, Ph. D.
Director of China Initiative, Sr. Lecturer on International Health, Dept. of Global Health and Population, Harvard School of Public Health
Dawei Ma , Ph. D.
Professor, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Shanghai, China
Tarek Mansour, Ph. D.
EVP of Research & Development, Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc., Vancouver, Canada
Tse Ping
Chairman, Sino Biopharmaceutical Ltd., Beijing, China
John Piwinski, Ph. D.
Principal, JJPiwinski Pharma Consulting, LLC, New York, NY
Steve Projan, Ph. D.
Sr. V.P. R&D, Innovative Medicines Head of Infectious Diseases & Vaccines, MedImmune, Gaithersburg, MD
Tomi Sawyer, Ph. D.
Chief Scientific Officer and Senior Vice-President, Aileron Therapeutics, Cambridge, MA
Liming Shao, Ph. D.
Senior Director/Medicinal Chemistry, Sepracor Inc., Marlborough, MA
Suvit Thaisrivongs, Ph. D.
Vice President, Pfizer, Inc., Cambridge. MA
Roger Tung, Ph. D.
CEO and President, Concert Pharmaceuticals, Lexington, MA
Yibin Xiang, Ph. D.
Senior Director/Medicinal Chemistry, Genzyme Corporation, Cambridge, MA
Gangfeng Xu, Ph. D.
Divisional Vice President, Corporate Licensing & Acquisitions at Abbott Laboratories
Steve Yang, Ph. D.
Head of R&D, Asia & Emerging Markets, AstraZeneca
Howard Yuwen, Ph. D.
Executive Director and Head of North America Regulatory Affairs, Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cheshire, CT
