Jeffrey Way
Lecturer (part time)
Jeff is a Lecturer in the Department of Systems Biology and in the Laboratory of Systems Pharmacology. His current research interests are in therapeutic protein development and synthetic biology. He leads drug development projects on engineered fusion proteins for treating pancreatitis, hypoxia and pain, and also manages an industry collaboration on gene delivery of multiple, independently-regulated transcription units. Prior to becoming a Lecturer at Harvard Medical School, Jeff was a Senior Staff Scientist at Harvard’s Wyss Institute, and before that a Director of Structural Biology and Director of Intellectual Property at EMD Serono, a major protein-focused pharmaceutical company, where he designed protein drugs. He has published numerous articles on drug development, synthetic biology, nervous system development, and bacterial genetics, and holds several patent applications and issued patents. He received his Ph.D. and B.A from Harvard University.
Email: Jeffrey_Way@hms.harvard.edu