Denny Liggitt, DVM, PhD, DACVP

Professor and Chairman, Comparative Medicine
School of Medicine
University of Washington

Denny Liggitt, DVM, PhD is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Comparative Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle. This Department has both academic and service missions and is one of the largest of its type in the US. Dr. Liggitt is a board-certified comparative pathologist who also serves as an advisor to the UW Institute of Translational Health Sciences as well as the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and other public and private entities.

Dr. Liggitt is an authority in the development and evaluation of models of human diseases and has published more than 180 scientific papers in this and related areas. He has particular expertise in the use of these models and associated systems for the pre-clinical development, safety/toxicity evaluation, and approval of biologic-based drugs. He was formerly an Associate Director of Pharmacology at Genentech Inc. He has been involved in fostering several biotech companies and translating several discoveries through pre-clinical development.