Savio L.C. Woo, PhD, dedicated his career to the pursuit of fundamental science and technology development in gene and cell therapy, and to the translation of laboratory advances into direct patient benefits. 

Dr. Woo is an internationally recognized expert in molecular human genetics and gene therapy. He received his PhD in biochemistry from the University of Washington, Seattle, in 1971 and completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. He joined the faculty at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, becoming professor of cell biology (1984-1996) and founding director of its Center for Gene Therapy (1991-1995). He joined the faculty at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in 1996. 

Dr. Woo has held many prominent leadership positions in the field, including chairman of an NIH Study Section on Gene Therapy Vector Development and as president of the American Society for Gene & Cell Therapy (1999-2000). He has published more than 350 articles, reviews and book chapters.