Walter H. Moos
Vice President, Biosciences Division

Walter Moos leads SRI's Biosciences Division, a unique organization of approximately 200 people, with all of the resources necessary to take chemical and biological research programs from "idea to IND"™ — from initial discoveries to investigational new drug applications to start human clinical trials. The Biosciences Division performs basic research on disease mechanisms like an academic institution; drug discovery and the development of biologics like a biotechnology or pharmaceutical company; and full-service preclinical contract research and development like a CRO (contract research organization).  

During his career, Moos has made significant contributions to all stages of drug development, from basic research, through preclinical and clinical development, to the marketplace. Prior to joining SRI in March 2005, he was Chairman and CEO of MitoKor, Inc. (now Migenix). Previously, for Chiron Corporation (now Novartis) he was a corporate vice president and held positions from Director of Chemical Therapeutics to Vice President of Research and Development in the Technologies Division. He held various positions at the Parke-Davis Pharmaceutical Research Division of the Warner-Lambert Company (now Pfizer), last serving as Vice President, Neuroscience and Biological Chemistry.

Moos has served on the boards of directors of more than a dozen organizations and is a co-founding member of the CEO Council, advisors to Red Abbey Venture Partners. He has served as a member of a number of academic or government advisory boards and committees. He also has edited five books, helped to found multiple scientific journals, published about 100 manuscripts, and is a co-inventor on about 40 issued U.S. patents.

Moos holds a Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of California-Berkeley and received an A.B. in honors chemistry, cum laude, from Harvard University. He has held adjunct faculty positions at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and since 1992 has been an Adjunct Professor at the University of California-San Francisco.