Vice President-Research and Chief Scientific Officer - Dr. William Jia, Ph.D.
Dr. William Jia is Associate Professor at University of British Columbia and Senior Scientist at BC Cancer Research Centre.  He is also a prestigious Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) Scholar. He has 31 peer reviewed publications on the brain and/or cancer. Dr. Jia leads the Company's research programs.

Director of Finance and Administration - Mr. James Cao, MBA, MSc, CFA
Mr. Cao has over 10 years of experience in treasury, investment management, and accounting. Prior to joining Panagin, James worked for UBC Sauder School of Business as a consultant and was the Executive Manager of Investment Division of a large holding company in Shanghai China, where he managed the whole investment portfolio.

Senior Scientist - Dr. William Campbell, Ph.D.
Dr. Campbell has over 30 year of experience in the field of protein chemistry. In 1989, while in Japan as an associate professor at Nagoya City University he discovered a novel enzyme, carboxypeptidase R, an important regulator of inflammation and fibrinolysis. Over the past several years he has made use of novel computer algorithms that create peptide antibody mimetics to targets in proteins and has used peptide array technology to identify potential drug candidates for both therapeutic and diagnostic applications. After leaving Japan, Dr. Campbell spent two years as visiting scientist at the Kinsmen Laboratory of Neurological Research at the University of British Columbia before joining Panagin.

Dr. James Goldie, MD, FRCPC
Dr. Goldie is Clinical Emeritus Professor at University of British Columbia, former Head of Medical Oncology of BC Cancer Agency. Dr. Goldie is a global leader in oncology, especially in the field of drug resistant cancer treatment and research. His theory (Goldie-Coldman Hypothesis) on cancer drug resistance is quoted in almost all of today's major oncology textbooks.  Dr. Goldie has more than 200 peer-reviewed publications and 29 textbook or chapters to his credit in the area of oncology.  Dr. Goldie advises PanaGin on clinical strategies and clinical trial protocol development.

Dr. Francis Law, Ph.D.
Dr. Francis Law is currently a Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Simon Fraser University. Dr. Francis Law's research interests include preclinical and clinical studies on safety and efficacy of biopharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals and natural health products especially Chinese herbal medicine; pharmacokinetic studies using laboratory animals and humans; application of classical and physiologically based pharmacokinetic(PBPK) models in herb research and development; in vitro prediction of drug/herb interactions using human liver microsomes and Caco-2 cells; analysis of active herbal components using GC/MS and HPLC/MS/MS; registration submission to Health Canada and US Food and Drug Administration for drugs and herbal products; environmental risk assessment of new drug and herbal products; and GLP, GCP and GMP compliance.

Dr. David Osoba, MD, FRCPC
Dr. David Osoba was a Professor of Medicine (Retired) at the University of British Columbia, and former Vice-President of the British Columbia Cancer Agency. With clinical background in medical oncology, Dr. David Osoba has research experience in immunology, clinical trials and quality-of-life measurement. For the past 17 years, he has been a member of the Quality of Life Committee of the Clinical Trials Group of the National Cancer Institute of Canada (Chair from 1986-1996) and a member of the Board of Directors and immediate past president of the International Society for Quality of Life research (ISOQOL). Also, he was an Associate Editor of Quality of Life Research from its inception in 1992 until 2001. Dr. Osoba has more than 250 scientific publications to his credit. Dr. Osoba advises Panagin on clinical trial protocol development and data review.

Mr. Winter Huang, Chairman
Mr. Huang is a versatile entrepreneur with many years of experience in a variety of business fields and has a keen interest in the development of cutting-edge biotechnology. Mr. Huang is the principal inventor of Panagin's core patents.

Mr. Victor Ding, MBA
Mr. Ding, a seasoned financial manager, is a co-founder of Panagin.

Dr. Peter Sun

Dr. William Jia

 

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