Christopher R. Shepard BSc, MBA, PhD

Dr. Shepard began his career in 2002 at Genentech working on the team that developed Herceptin® (trastuzumab). Since that time, he has worked with research and development teams at Astellas, Celgene, and Merck in the areas of oncology and metabolism. Most notably, he contributed to the strategy of Merck’s 30,000 subject REVEAL study testing the cholesteryl ester transfer protein-(CETP)inhibitor anacetrapib, which significantly reduced major coronary events in a recently-reported Phase 3 study.
Prior to joining SmartZyme, Dr. Shepard was founder and head of development at Structured BioEquity (SBE), where he directed several ongoing drug programs from concept to protocol. He is an organizer for the upcoming Keystone Symposium for Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH). Dr. Shepard holds a Ph.D. in Cellular and Molecular Pathology from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and a B.Sc. from Wake Forest University. Additionally, Dr. Shepard holds an M.B.A. from Carnegie Mellon University.