Kazumi Shiosaki, PhD, has served on the Sanford Burnham Prebys Board of Trustees since 2017.
Shiosaki is currently CEO of Twentyeight-Seven, a biotechnology company focused on modulating non-coding RNA biology to develop treatments for cancer and other diseases. Shiosaki co-founded the company with prominent Harvard University investigators.
She is also managing director of MPM Capital; co-founder, CEO and president of Mitobridge, Inc., a start-up developing mitochondrial drugs for the treatment of muscle and kidney diseases and co-founder and CEO of Epizyme. Previously, she has been an executive leader at Primera Diagnostics, Millenium Pharmaceuticals, Sideris Pharmaceuticals and Galnea Corp.
She has a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry from Whitman College and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in synthetic chemistry from the University of California Berkeley.