Currently, Dr. Sato is a member of the board of directors of publicly held companies Bristol Myers Squibb Company, PerkinElmer Corporation, Borg Warner Corporation, and Syros Pharmaceuticals. She also serves as chair of the board of directors for Denali. Previously, Dr. Sato has served as an overseer of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Vicki L. Sato, Ph.D., serves as chairman of the board of directors at Vir. Dr. Sato is also a professor of management practice at Harvard Business School, and an affiliate member of the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Harvard University. She has taught in HBS Executive Education programs and is a business advisor to enterprises in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries. She received her A.B. from Radcliffe College, and her A.M. and Ph.D. degrees from Harvard University. Following postdoctoral work at both the University of California Berkeley and Stanford Medical Center, Dr. Sato was appointed to the faculty of Harvard University, where she was an assistant and associate professor of biology.