John Lee, MD
John Lee, MD is a member of Vincerx’s board of directors. Dr Lee has served as chief medical officer of cancer research of Avera Health, a regional healthcare system, since May 2020 and as chief medical officer of ImmunityBio, Inc., a registration stage immuno-oncology and infectious disease company, since March 2019. Before that, Dr Lee served as senior vice president of clinical development of Nantkwest, Inc., an innovative clinical-stage immunotherapy company, from May 2016 to May 2020. Dr Lee served as executive director of the Chan Soon Shiong Institute of Molecular Medicine, a biomedical and translational research institute and as a full professor at the University of South Dakota, from May 2016 to September 2018 and September 2010 to May 2016, respectively. Dr Lee served as director of the cancer center of Stanford Health, a leading academic health system from July 2012 to May 2016. Dr Lee served as a member of the board of directors of Windber Hospital from June 2018 to May 2020. Dr Lee received a BS in biology from Stanford University, an MD from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, and special training in otolaryngology-head and neck surgery from the University of Iowa.