Dr. Howard Y. Chang is senior vice president, Global Research, and chief scientific officer of Amgen. He is responsible for leading all aspects of discovery research at Amgen.

Prior to joining Amgen, Dr. Chang led a research laboratory at Stanford University focused on deciphering regulatory information in the human genome for disease diagnosis and therapy. A physician-scientist and board-certified dermatologist, he served as Professor of Dermatology, Genetics, and Pathology at Stanford and Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. He is the Founding Director of Stanford RNA Medicine Program.

Dr. Chang is the winner of the Albany Prize, Lurie Prize in Biomedical Sciences, and NAS Award in Molecular Biology for discoveries of regulatory RNAs. He is an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Medicine, and American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is a serial entrepreneur having founded five biotech companies.

Dr. Chang holds a M.D. from Harvard Medical School, a Ph.D. in Biology from MIT, and an A.B. in Biochemical Sciences from Harvard University.