Moonwalk Biosciences: John Liles, Paul Cohen, Silvia Corvera, Michael Czech, Shingo Kajimura, Rohit Loomba

John Liles has been appointed as VP of biology and translational science at Moonwalk Biosciences. He comes to the California epigenetics company from Chinook Therapeutics, where he was executive director of kidney disease research and strategy. Prior to that, he led research and pharmacology teams at Gilead Sciences. Liles holds a PhD in pharmacology from Tulane University.

Moonwalk has also formed a cardiometabolic advisory board. Members of the board are Paul Cohen, associate professor at Rockefeller University; Silvia Corvera, professor at UMass Chan Medical School; Michael Czech, professor at UMass Chan Medical School; Shingo Kajimura, professor at Harvard Medical School; and Rohit Loomba, director of the University of California San Diego MASLD Research Center.