Overview

Gender

male

Dr. Reif serves as an Associate Director of Cancer Research at AstraZeneca. David received his B.S. in Microbiology from the University of Michigan, and his Ph.D. in 1990 in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from Utah State University in the laboratory of Dr. Steven Aust.

He completed his post-doctoral training with Dr. Roy Simmons at Fisons Pharmaceuticals (a predecessor company to AstraZeneca) in Rochester, NY.

Dr. Reif then joined the staff at Fisons where he led drug discovery project teams in the areas of Parkinson’s Disease, ALS, and stroke in addition to leading the biochemistry group. In 2000, he was the first to join a new cancer discovery group within AstraZeneca at their facilities in Waltham.

Dr. Reif is currently an Associate Director and Operations Manager within the cancer department and works as a member of the cancer management team in managing the portfolio of novel projects for cancer therapy.

David is also intimately involved in many community outreach activities. He is a key liaison for AstraZeneca’s involvement with the New England chapter of the American Cancer Society (Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk and the Hope Lodge).

He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the National Association of Academies of Science as well as the Massachusetts Biotechnology Education Foundation (the last four as Chairman).

He also recently ended 10 yrs of service on the Lunenburg School Committee (7 total years as Chairman). Dr. Reif lives in Lunenburg, MA with his wife Trish and their three children (two in college and one in high school).