Dr. Vishva Dixit
Vice President, Research - Molecular Oncology at Genentech
Dr. Vishva Dixit is responsible for overseeing Genentech's research programs focused on understanding the biology of cancer, discovering novel oncology therapeutics and moving projects into the drug development pipeline. Dr. Dixit joined Genentech in 1997 as the director of the Molecular Oncology department. He was promoted to Vice President of Molecular Oncology in 2000. He is a recipient of the Warner-Lambert/Parke-Davis Award in Experimental Pathology (1996) and the American Heart Association Established Investigatorship Award (1989-1994).