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Damien Soghoian

Venture Partner at Foresite Labs

San Francisco Bay Area

Overview 

Damien Soghoian is a Venture Partner at Foresite Labs with a strong background in biotech and healthcare, having held key roles at Foresite Capital and Global Health Investment Corporation. With a PhD from Harvard University and experience at Verily Life Sciences, he specializes in immunology and has expertise in areas such as flow cytometry, cell culture, molecular biology, and vaccine development.

Work Experience 

  • Venture Partner

    2024 - Current

Foresite Labs is a biotechnology company.

  • Health Security Advisor

    2023

  • Managing Director

    2022 - 2023

Global Health Investment Corporation ccelerates the development of technologies that improve human health around the world.

  • Director

    2018 - 2022

Foresite Capital is a healthcare and life sciences investment firm.

  • Head of Strategy and Operations

    2018 - 2022

Foresite Labs is a biotechnology company.

  • Fellow, Ending Bioweapons Programs

    2020 - 2021

  • Science Lead, Project Baseline Study

    2017 - 2018

    Project Baseline is a broad effort designed to develop a well-defined reference, or "baseline," of good health as well as a rich data platform that may be used to better understand the transition from health to disease and identify additional risk factors for disease.

  • Senior Scientist, Immunology Technical Lead, Immunoscape Platform

    2014 - 2018

    Verily is pursuing research in systems biology, nanotechnology, and biomedical systems engineering, with potential applications for immuno-oncology and other areas. We combine experimental capabilities with computational biology to support data generation and analysis across our clinical programs.

Verily is an Alphabet health tech company focused on research, care, and health financing to deliver on the promise of precision health.

Raised $3,500,000,000.00 from Swiss Re Corporate Solutions.

  • Scientist

    2014 - 2016

    Google[x], Google Life Sciences

Google is a multinational corporation that specializes in Internet-related services and organizes the world’s information.

Raised $26,100,000.00 from Angel Investors LP, Kleiner Perkins, Signatures Capital, Sequoia Capital, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Shaquille O'Neal, Henry Kissinger, Google and Tiger Woods.

  • Graduate Student

    2010 - 2014

    PI: Bruce Walker - Human immune profiling - CD4 and CD8 immunology - Anti-viral and vaccine immune responses - CyTOF (mass cytometry) and other high-dimensional technologies

  • Graduate Student

    2009 - 2014

  • Researcher

    2004 - 2007

    PI: Pamela Bjorkman

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