Dean Sheppard, M.D., holds positions at UCSF, including chief of the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy and Sleep Medicine and professor of medicine, and belongs to several graduate programs.
Hal Chapman, M.D., joined the faculty of Harvard Medical School at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in 1986 and became Pulmonary and Critical Care Division Chief at UCSF in 2000. Chapman is also a member of CVRI and UCSF graduate programs.
Ms. Cheung joined Pliant in January 2023 as chief human resources officer. Ms. Cheung has over 25 years of experience in the technology and biopharmaceutical industries, including more than 15 years of commercial-stage experience.
The company is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company that discovers and develops therapies for fibrosis and related diseases. Its therapeutics aim to halt fibrosis progression in specific tissues and preserve organ function.
Pliant is advancing drug development programs targeting a range of fibrotic diseases, with a focus on fibrotic tissue-specific inhibition of integrins and the TGF-β pathway.
