Former Board Members
Tadataka (Tachi) Yamada, M.D.
Dr. Tadataka (Tachi) Yamada was a Venture Partner with Frazier Healthcare Partners. Prior to joining Frazier, he was Executive Vice-President, Chief Medical & Scientific Officer, and a Board Member of Takeda Pharmaceuticals.
Dr. Yamada served as President of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Global Health Program. In this position, he oversaw grants totaling more than $9 billion in programs directed at applying technologies to address major health challenges of the developing world including TB, HIV, malaria, and other infectious diseases, as well as malnutrition and maternal and child health. He was formerly Chairman of Research & Development and a Member of the Board of Directors of GlaxoSmithKline. Prior to that, he was Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine and Physician-in-Chief at the University of Michigan Medical Center.
Dr. Yamada held a bachelor’s degree in history from Stanford University and obtained his M.D. from New York University School of Medicine. In recognition of his contributions to medicine and science, he was been elected to membership in the National Academy of Medicine (US), the Academy of Medical Sciences (UK), and the National Academy of Medicine (Mexico). He also received an honorary appointment as Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (KBE) and been conferred honorary doctorates of science from five universities. He was a former President of the Association of American Physicians and of the American Gastroenterological Association and served as a member of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology and the Advisory Committee to the Director of the National Institutes of Health. He was Vice-Chair of the Council of the National Academy of Medicine and served on the Board of Directors of the Clinton Health Access Initiative and as chair of the Advisory Board of Athira Pharmaceuticals.
Peter Goodfellow, Ph.D.
Peter Goodfellow has worked for many years as a research scientist specializing in human genetics. His first independent position was at the Imperial Cancer Research Fund in London, where he worked for 13 years studying human gene mapping and the genetics of sex determination. In 1992, he was elected to the position of Balfour Professor of Genetics at Cambridge University. Subsequently, Peter worked in the pharmaceutical industry, serving as head of Discovery for SmithKline Beecham and Senior Vice-President of Discovery Research at GlaxoSmithKline. Dr. Goodfellow holds bachelor’s and doctorate degrees from the University of Bristol and a doctorate degree from Oxford University.