Primary Job Title Fellow Primary Organization 
The American Academy of Arts & Sciences
Gender Male
William Neaves, PH.D., has been a member of Cerner Corporation’s Board of Directors since March 2001.
From June 2000 through June 2010, Neaves served as chief executive officer and a member of the board of directors of the Stowers Institute for Medical Research. He also served as president of the Stowers Institute from June 2000 through July
2009. He continues as a member of the board of directors of the Stowers Institute in his current position as president emeritus (and a member of the boards of directors of various affiliated companies, including Stowers Resource Management, Inc., Biomed Valley Discoveries, Inc., and American Century Companies, Inc.).
Prior to joining the Stowers Institute in 2000, Neaves served more than 20 years in various leadership positions at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. He served in succession as dean of the University of Texas Southwestern Graduate School, dean of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School and chief academic officer and Wildenthal Distinguished Chair in Biomedical Science at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.
Neaves is a member of the board of trustees of Washington University in St. Louis and the National Council of the Washington University School of Medicine. He is also a fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.
Neaves earned his bachelor’s degree in biology and his doctorate in anatomy from Harvard University. He has published numerous peer-reviewed journal articles describing the results of his research, which has received funding from the National Institutes of Health and the Population Council.
