Man-Wah Tan is Senior Director & Principal Scientist of Infectious Diseases at Genentech, Inc. – a company with a strong record of creating novel medicines from cutting-edge science. He has worked here for over 8 years, where he aims to translate basic discoveries and understanding of host-pathogen interactions into novel medicines for patients with serious and life-threatening infections. He is an Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at Stanford University and has written on issues pertaining to antimicrobial resistance in journals such as Scientific American.
