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That's a job for Dr Becker

Dr Stephen Becker, MD
Chief Medical Officer

Stephen Becker has had an extensive career as a pharmaceutical development executive in both the public and private sector organizations. He has worked extensively in the HIV and antiviral therapeutic arenas, as well at the interface of viral and cancer immunology.

Dr Becker worked for more than 6 years at the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation where he led HIV treatment, prevention and cure efforts. This included early stage development of long-acting antiretrovirals, and broadly neutralizing antibodies. He coordinated foundation-supported efforts with the NIH, biopharma, WHO and global regulatory agencies.

Dr Becker’s career in HIV began in the early 1980s while a faculty member at UCSF where he led a large HIV clinical practice, and clinical research program. His areas of research included pharmacology and pharmacogenetics, early stage drug development, and health service outcomes research.

Dr Becker was a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar at the joint UCSF-Stanford program, prior to joining the USCF faculty. He completed his internal medicine training at Cook County Hospital. He is a graduate of the SUNY/Buffalo School of Medicine, and the University of Pennsylvania.

Currently Dr Becker works as a medical and scientific consultant to biotech and global health philanthropic foundations.