Leadership Team 2009-2010

President

Zhao-Kui Wan, Ph. D.
Senior Principal Scientist, Pfizer, Cambridge, MA

Vice President
Chaoyang Dai, Ph. D.
Principal Scientist, Schering-Plough Research Institute, Cambridge, MA

Zhiyong Yang, Ph. D.
Principal Research Scientist, Wyeth Research, Cambridge, MA

Executive Committee Members
Qinglin Che, Ph. D. 
Research Scientist, Synta Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Lexington, MA

Zhihong Chen, Ph. D.
Sr. Research Investigator, Eisai Research Institute, Andover, MA

Kevin Fang, Ph. D.
Senior Director, Discovery & Early Clinical Research, Sepracor Inc., Marlborough, MA

Jinbo Lee, Ph.D. 
President, Sage Partner International, Boston, MA

Shiwen Lin, Ph. D.
Associate Director, Antigenics, Inc. Lexington, MA

Fushuang Liu
Vice President, Wuxi Howfond Biopharma Co., Ltd., Wuxi, China

Sue Ma, M. D.
Investigator, Novartis Institute of BioMedical Research, Cambridge, MA

Haihong Ni, Ph. D.
Director of Computational Science, Chemizon, Beijing, China

Lixin Shen, Ph. D.
President and CEO, Wuxi Howfond Biopharma Co., Ltd., Wuxi, China

Shallwei Sun
President, Callisyn Pharmaceuticals, Inc, Boston, MA

Ze Tian, Ph. D.
Investigator, Children’s Hospital Boston/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Yihan Wang, Ph. D.
Associate Director/Chemistry, ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cambridge, MA

Yongzhong Wang, Ph. D.
Staff Scientist, Genzyme Biosurgery/MTS, Cambridge, MA

Zhigang Wang, Ph. D.
Sr. Principal Scientist, Pfizer Research Technology Center, Cambridge, MA

Erxi Wu, Ph. D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND

Roger Xie, Ph. D.
CEO, Beijing PharmaScience, Beijing, China
Herong Yang, Ph. D.
Chief Architect, Open Channel Solutions, Boston, MA

Yongwen (Tony) Yuan 
Cheminformatics Specialist, Novartis Institute of BioMedical Research, Cambridge, MA

Philip Zhang, Ph. D.
Special Counsel, Colley Godward Kronish LLP, Boston, MA

Weiyi(Wendy) Zhang, Ph. D. 
Senior Director, Business Development, Sundia MediTech, Shanghai, China

Liping Zhou, Ph. D.
Investigator, Novartis Institute of BioMedical Research, Cambridge, MA

Zhendong Zhu, Ph. D.
Principal Scientist, Avila Therapeutics, Inc, Waltham, MA

Founding President
Jun Han, Ph. D.
Global R&D Project Manager, Teva Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Pomona, NY Immediate Past-President

Junjun Wu, Ph. D.
Principal Research Scientist, Wyeth Research, Cambridge, MA 

CABA Legal Council
Fred Gilman
Attorney at Law, Lynch, DeSimone & Nylen, LLP, Boston, MA

CABA Advisors
Tomi Sawyer, Ph. D.
Chief Scientific Officer and Senior Vice-President, Aileron Therapeutics, Cambridge, MA

Yibin Xiang, Ph. D.
Senior Director/Medicinal Chemistry, Genzyme Corporation, Cambridge, MA

Steve Tam, Ph. D.
Senior Director/Chemistry, Wyeth Research, Cambridge, MA
    
Gangfeng Xu, Ph. D.
VP/Head of Asia & Pacific Business Development, Wyeth Research, NY

Jianling Wang, Ph. D.
Section Manager, Novartis Institute of BioMedical Research, Cambridge, MA

Howard Yuwen, Ph. D.
Sr. Director, Shire Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge, MA

Wei Zhang, Ph. D.
Director, Market Research, Altus Pharmaceuticals Inc., Cambridge, MA

Chen Li, Ph. D.
Head of Research and Chief Scientific Officer, Roche R&D Center (China) Ltd.

Steve Yang, Ph. D.
Vice President and Head of Pfizer Asia R&D(Shanghai), Shanghai, China

Tim Clackson, Ph. D.
Sr. VP and Chief Scientific Officer, Ariad Pharmaceuticals Inc., Cambridge, MA

Youssef Bennani, Ph. D.
Vice President/Discovery Chemistry, Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc., Cambridge, MA

Dawei Ma, Ph. D.
Professor, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Shanghai, China

Roger Tung, Ph. D.
CEO and President, Concert Pharmaceuticals, Lexington, MA

Steve Projan, Ph. D.
VP, Global Head of Infectious Diseases, Novartis Institute of BioMedical Research, Cambridge, MA

John Piwinski, Ph. D.
Group VP and Site Head, Schering- Plough Research Institute, Cambridge, MA

Tarek Mansour, Ph. D.
VP and Head of Chemical Sciences, Wyeth Research Institute, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals

Liming Shao, Ph. D.
Senior Director/Medicinal Chemistry, Sepracor Inc., Marlborough, MA

Pierre Frederic Dodion
Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge, MA