Cristin C. Lis
Cristin Lis is Senior Director, Government Affairs at Gilead Sciences. Before joining Gilead, Ms. Lis was Vice President of Public Policy at the California Healthcare Institute (CHI), a public policy research and advocacy organization representing California’s biomedical companies, and academic and research institutions. Prior to CHI, Ms. Lis was Legislative Director for US Congressman Paul McHale. She received a bachelor’s degree in political science from Boston University and an MBA from Golden Gate University.

Israel Rios, MD
Israel Rios, M.D. has served as Chief Medical Officer since joining SciClone Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in October 2005. Dr. Rios has over 25 years of experience in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries. Dr. Rios is responsible for the design and oversight of all clinical trials and the evaluation of new development candidates. From 2003 to 2005 he served as Vice President of Clinical Affairs for Dendreon Corporation and was responsible for all clinical and operational activities related to the development of late-stage immunotherapeutic candidates for androgen independent prostate cancer (AIPC) and advanced breast cancer. From 1993 to 2000, Dr. Rios was at Berlex Laboratories (the U.S. affiliate of Schering AG of Germany) most recently as Vice President of Oncology Development. From 1984 to 1993, Dr. Rios was Director of Anti-Infective Clinical Research at Marion Merell Dow, Inc. where he directed the clincal development and helped manage the New Drug Application (NDA) submissions of several anti-infective products. From 1978 to 1984, Dr. Rios held several escalating positions at Bristol-Myers, most recently as Director of Clinical Research. Dr. Rios earned his M.D. degree at the Central University of Venezuela. He completed his internship and residency in internal medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital in Hartford, Connecticut, and his fellowship in infectious diseases at Hartford Hospital in Hartford, Connecticut.