Arun P. Wiita, MD, PhD Member Researcher Biography Arun Wiita is a physician- scientist and an associate professor in the Departments of Laboratory Medicine and of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). His research laboratory focuses on mass spectrometry–based proteomics, target discovery, protein engineering, and cellular engineering toward the development of novel immunotherapies for hematologic malignancies. His clinical duties center on molecular genomic pathology. Dr. Wiita also directs the UCSF Stephen and Nancy Grand Multiple Myeloma Translational Initiative Laboratory. He is a recipient of the NIH Director’s New Innovator Award, a Clinical Scientist Development Award from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, and a Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Investigator Award, among others. Dr. Wiita holds an AB in chemistry from Princeton University and an MD and a PhD from Columbia University. He completed his residency in clinical pathology and his postdoc training in pharmaceutical chemistry at UCSF.