Call for Candidates

Council of Experts and expert committees

SCIENCE • INNOVATION • PASSION • COMMITMENT—YOU set the Standard

Volunteers on the Council of Experts, Expert Committees, and Expert Panels are an integral part of the USP standards–setting process. Participation as a volunteer expert affords you the unique opportunity to

• Influence Drug Quality
• Utilize Your Expertise
• Advance Your Profession
• Improve Public Health

Qualified Candidates

USP invites qualified candidates—pharmaceutical scientists, academicians, regulatory professionals, healthcare professionals, and others—to apply to serve as a global base of scientific decision makers on the Council of Expert Committees. The 2010–2015 Council of Experts includes 20 Expert Committees in the areas of Nomenclature, Small Molecules, Biologics and Biotechnology, Excipients, General Chapters, Reference Standards, Compounding, Food Ingredients, and Dietary Supplements, with each member of the Council of Experts chairing an Expert Committee. USP is also seeking qualified candidates for its Expert Panels, which play an important advisory role to the Council of Experts.

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• Frequently Asked Questions
• Expert Committee and Expert Panel Descriptions  (71KB)

Nomination Deadlines

• December 18,2009, for the Council of Experts (chairs)
• May 15,2010, for Expert Committee Members
• Starting in July 2010, Expert Panel Members recruitment