Wendy Young
Senior Vice President, Small Molecule Drug Discovery
"We all know friends and family members that have suffered with serious illness. It can be devastating. My goal, alongside my colleagues, is to discover agents that will treat these patients. The motto "patients are waiting" really hits home with everyone."
15
Years at Genentech
15
Publications
16
Awards & Honors
I was drawn to join Genentech, in 2006, because of its reputation for doing excellent science and employing strong teamwork. At Genentech, any team member with a compelling idea gets a chance to be heard and access to the resources to move their idea forward. The organization is also very nimble and open-minded to incorporate processes to accelerate discovery and development.
Today, I am Senior Vice President of Small Molecule Drug Discovery. In this role I oversee a highly talented and experienced group of multidisciplinary scientists working to generate the next generation of new medicines for patients in need.
What excites me the most is that, at Genentech, we have the brightest people, newest tools, and lots of know-how to continue to make huge strides in solving complex biological and medical issues. It is a huge opportunity and responsibility to shape the future treatments for patients in need.
Featured Publication
Discovery of GDC-0853: A Potent, Selective, and Noncovalent Bruton's Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor in Early Clinical Development
Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, ISSN: 00222623
James J. Crawford; Adam Johnson; Misner; Lisa Belmont; Georgette Castanedo; Regina Choy; Melis Coraggio; Liming Dong; Charles Eigenbrot; Rebecca Erickson; Nico Ghilardi; Jonathan Hau; Arna Katewa; Pawan Bir Kohli; Wendy Lee; Joe Lubach; Brent McKenzie; Dan Ortwine; Leah Schutt; Suzanne Brown; Binqing Wei; Karin Reif; Lichuan Liu; Harvey Wong; Wendy Young
My Focus
Ensuring that we have a culture that supports innovation and provides access to the most cutting-edge approaches and tools is key. Just as important is that we continue to recruit and retain the brightest scientists on the planet.
Publications
ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters, ISSN: 19485875
James Crawford; Wendy Lee; Adam Johnson; Kelly Delatorre; Jacob Chen; Charles Eigenbrot; Julia Heidmann; Satoko Kakiuchi-Kiyota; Arna Katewa; James Kiefer; Lichuan Liu; Joe Lubach; Misner; Hans Purkey; Karin Reif; Jennifer Vogt; Harvey Wong; Christine Yu; Wendy Young
Chemical Research in Toxicology, ISSN: 15205010
Chenghong Zhang; James Crawford; Matthew L. Landry; Huifen Chen; Jane Kenny; S Cyrus Khojasteh; Wendy Lee; Shuguang Ma; Wendy B. Young
Science Signaling, ISSN: 19379145
Alex Corzo; Eugene Varfolomeev; Francesca Setiadi; Ross Francis; Sha Klabunde; Kate Senger; Swathi Sujatha-Bhaskar; Joy Drobnick; Steven Do; Eric Suto; Zhiyu Huang; Jeff Eastham; Arna Katewa; Jodie Pang; Melanie Domeyer; Chris Dela Cruz; Andres Paler Martinez; Vivian W. C. Lau; Azadeh Hadadianpour; Vladimir Ramirez-Carrozi; Yonglian Sun; Katherine Bao; Daqi Xu; Emily Hunley; Hans Brightbill; Soren Warming; Meron Roose-Girma; Alfred Wong; Lucinda Tam; Claire Emson; James Crawford; Wendy Young; Rajita Pappu; Brent McKenzie; Vida Asghari; Domagoj Vucic; Jason Hackney; Cary Austin; Wyne Lee; Annemarie Lekkerkerker; Nico Ghilardi; Callie Bryan; James Kiefer; Michael Townsend; Ali Zarrin
Science Signaling, ISSN: 19379145 19450877
Alex Corzo; Eugene Varfolomeev; Francesca Setiadi; Ross Francis; Sha Klabunde; Kate Senger; Swathi Sujatha-Bhaskar; Joy Drobnick; Steven Do; Eric Suto; Zhiyu Huang; Jeff Eastham; Arna Katewa; Jodie Pang; Melanie Domeyer; Christopher Dela Cruz; Andres Paler Martinez; Vivian W. C. Lau; Azadeh Hadadianpour; Vladimir Ramirez-Carrozi; Yonglian Sun; Katherine Bao; Daqi Xu; Emily Hunley; Hans Brightbill; Soren Warming; Meron Roose-Girma; Alfred Wong; Lucinda Tam; Claire Emson; James Crawford; Wendy Young; Rajita Pappu; Brent McKenzie; Vida Asghari; Domagoj Vucic; Jason Hackney; Cary Austin; Wyne P. Lee; Annemarie Lekkerkerker; Nico Ghilardi; Callie Bryan; James Kiefer; Michael Townsend; Ali Zarrin
Blood, ISSN: 15280020 00064971
Sean D. Reiff; Elizabeth M. Muhowski; Daphne Guinn; Amy Lehman; Catherine A. Fabian; Carolyn Cheney; Rose Mantel; Lisa Smith; Amy J. Johnson; Wendy Young; Adam Johnson; Lichuan Liu; John C. Byrd; Jennifer A. Woyach
Discovery of GDC-0853: A Potent, Selective, and Noncovalent Bruton's Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor in Early Clinical Development
Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, ISSN: 00222623
James J. Crawford; Adam Johnson; Misner; Lisa Belmont; Georgette Castanedo; Regina Choy; Melis Coraggio; Liming Dong; Charles Eigenbrot; Rebecca Erickson; Nico Ghilardi; Jonathan Hau; Arna Katewa; Pawan Bir Kohli; Wendy Lee; Joe Lubach; Brent McKenzie; Dan Ortwine; Leah Schutt; Suzanne Brown; Binqing Wei; Karin Reif; Lichuan Liu; Harvey Wong; Wendy Young
ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters, ISSN: 19485875
Gina Wang; Jim Barbosa; Peter Blomgren; Meire Bremer; Jacob Chen; James Crawford; Wei Deng; Liming Dong; Charles Eigenbrot; Steven L. Gallion; Jonathon Hau; Huiyong Hu; Adam Johnson; Arna Katewa; Jeffrey E. Kropf; Seung H. Lee; Lichuan Liu; Joe Lubach; Jen MacAluso; Patricia M. MacIejewski; Scott A. Mitchell; Dan Ortwine; Julie Dipaolo; Karin Reif; Heleen Scheerens; Aaron Schmitt; Harvey Wong; Jin-Ming Xiong; Jianjun Xu; Zhongdong Zhao; Fusheng Zhou; Kevin S. Currie; Wendy Young
JCI insight, ISSN: 23793708
Arna Katewa; Yugang Wang; Jason Hackney; Tao Huang; Eric Suto; Nandhini Ramamoorthi; Cary Austin; Meire Bremer; Jacob Chen; James Crawford; Kevin S. Currie; Peter Blomgren; Jason DeVoss; Julie Dipaolo; Jonathan Hau; Adam Johnson; Justin Lesch; Laura DeForge; Zhonghua Lin; Marya Liimatta; Joe Lubach; Sami McVay; Zora Modrusan; Allen Nguyen; Chungkee Poon; Jianyong Wang; Lichuan Liu; Wyne Lee; Harvey Wong; Wendy Young; Michael Townsend; Karin Reif
Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, ISSN: 15210103
Rebecca Erickson; Leah Schutt; Jacqueline Tarrant; Michelle McDowell; Lichuan Liu; Adam Johnson; Sock-Cheng Lewin-Koh; Maj Hedehus; Jed Ross; Rick Carano; Karin Staflin; Fiona Zhong; James Crawford; Shelly Zhong; Karin Reif; Arna Katewa; Harvey Wong; Wendy Young; Donna Dambach; Misner
ACS Chemical Biology, ISSN: 15548937
Adam Johnson; Pawan Bir Kohli; Arna Katewa; Emily Gogol; Lisa Belmont; Regina Choy; Elicia Penuel; Luciana Burton; Charles Eigenbrot; Christine Yu; Dan Ortwine; Krista Bowman; Yvonne Franke; Christine Tam; Alberto Estevez; Kyle Mortara; Jiansheng Wu; Hong Li; May Lin; Philippe Bergeron; James Crawford; Wendy Young
Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters, ISSN: 14643405
Wendy Young; Jim Barbosa; Peter Blomgren; Meire Bremer; James Crawford; Donna Dambach; Charles Eigenbrot; Steven L. Gallion; Adam Johnson; Jeffrey E. Kropf; Seung H. Lee; Lichuan Liu; Joe Lubach; Jen MacAluso; Patricia M. MacIejewski; Scott A. Mitchell; Dan Ortwine; Julie Di Paolo; Karin Reif; Heleen Scheerens; Aaron Schmitt; Xiaojing Wang; Harvey Wong; Jin-Ming Xiong; Jianjun Xu; Christine Yu; Zhongdong Zhao; Kevin S. Currie
Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters, ISSN: 14643405
Wendy Young; Jim Barbosa; Peter Blomgren; Meire Bremer; James Crawford; Donna Dambach; Steven L. Gallion; Sarah Hymowitz; Jeffrey E. Kropf; Seung H. Lee; Lichuan Liu; Joe Lubach; Jen MacAluso; Patricia M. MacIejewski; Brigitte Maurer; Scott A. Mitchell; Dan Ortwine; Julie Di Paolo; Karin Reif; Heleen Scheerens; Aaron Schmitt; Greg Sowell; Xiaojing Wang; Harvey Wong; Jin-Ming Xiong; Jianjun Xu; Zhongdong Zhao; Kevin S. Currie
Drug Metabolism and Disposition, ISSN: 00909556
Lichuan Liu; Jason Halladay; Young Shin; Susan Wong; Melis Coraggio; Hank La; Matt Baumgardner; Hoa Le; Sashi Gopaul; Jason Boggs; Peter Kuebler; John Davis; Charlene Liao; Joe Lubach; Alan Deese; Greg Sowell; Kevin S. Currie; Wendy Young; Cyrus Khojasteh; Marcel Hop; Harvey Wong
ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters, ISSN: 19485875
Steve Wenglowsky; Li Ren; Kateri Ahrendt; Ellen R. Laird; Ignacio Aliagas; Bruno Alicke; Alexandre J. Buckmelter; Edna Choo; Victoria Dinkel; Bainian Feng; Susan L. Gloor; Stephen Gould; Stefan Gross; Janet Gunzner-Toste; Joshua D. Hansen; Georgia Hatzivassiliou; Bonnie Liu; Kimberly Malesky; Simon Mathieu; Bradley J. Newhouse; Nicholas J. Raddatz; Yingqing Ran; Sumeet Rana; Nikole Randolph; Tyler Risom; Joachim Rudolph; Scott Savage; Leann T. Selby; Michael Shrag; Kyung Song; Hillary L. Sturgis; Walter C. Voegtli; Kobe Wen; Brandon S. Willis; Richard D. Woessner; Wen-I. Wu; Wendy Young; Jonas Grina
Nature Chemical Biology, ISSN: 15524450
Julie Di Paolo; Tao Huang; Mercedesz Balazs; Jim Barbosa; Kai Barck; Brandon Bravo; Rick Carano; James Darrow; Douglas R. Davies; Laura DeForge; Lauri Diehl; Ronald Ferrando; Steven L. Gallion; Tony Giannetti; Peter Gribling; Vincent Hurez; Sarah Hymowitz; Randall Jones; Jeffrey E. Kropf; Wyne Lee; Patricia M. MacIejewski; Scott A. Mitchell; Hong Rong; Bart L. Staker; J. Andrew Whitney; Sherry Yeh; Wendy Young; Christine Yu; Juan Zhang; Karin Reif; Kevin S. Currie
Education
- Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, American Cancer Society, Postdoctoral Fellow – 1995
- Princeton University, Ph.D. Chemistry – 1993
- Wake Forest University, B.A./M.S. Chemistry, cum laude – 1988
Awards & Honors
- Bachman Lectureship Award, University of Michigan – 2020
- ACS National Earle B. Barnes Award in Research and Chemical Management – 2020
- Featured in “Twenty Extraordinary Women in BioPharma”, Endpoints – 2019
- Schneller Legacy Lecture Award, University South Florida – 2019
- Genentech Inventor’s Award – 2018
- Distinguished Lectureship Award, University of Kentucky – 2018
- American Chemical Society Fellow – 2018
- Elected Chair of National ACS MEDI – 2017
- Elected Program Chair of National ACS MEDI – 2015-2016
- Awarded “Most Influential Women of 2015” by San Francisco Business Times – 2015
- American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellowship – 1993-1995
- H. W. Dodds - Princeton University Honorific Fellowship, Top Thesis Award – 1993
- Josephine de Karman Fellowship – 1992
- ACS Graduate Fellowship sponsored by Lilly Research Laboratories – 1991-1992
- Department of Education Graduate Fellowship – 1990
- BA/MS Chemistry Scholarship, Wake Forest University – 1988
