2006 Annual Scientific Meeting Speakers List

Paula Gardiner, M.D., Member, Dietary Supplements Information Expert Committee and Clinical Research Fellow, Division for Research and Education in Complementary and Integrative Medical Therapies, Osher Institute, Harvard Medical School

Gabriel I. Giancaspro, Ph.D., Director, Dietary Supplements, USP

Vivian A. Gray, Member, Reference Standards and Biopharmaceutics Expert Committees, Chair, Calibration Advisory Panel, Co-Chair Inhalation Advisory Panel and President, V.A. Gray Consulting, Inc.

Walter W. Hauck, Ph.D., Senior Scientific Fellow, Monograph and Reference Standards Development Division, USP

Antonio Hernandez-Cardoso, Ph.D., Scientist, Latin American Specialist, USP

Jana B. Hildreth, Chief Executive Office, Blaze Science Industries

John J. Hu, Ph.D., Vice President, International–China, USP

Joy A. Joseph, M.S., Chair, Dietary Supplements Non-Botanicals Expert Committee and President, Joys Quality Management Systems

Wang M. Junzhi, Ph.D., Deputy Director, National Institute for the Control of Pharmaceutical and Biological Products (NICPBP)

Gregory T. Kaster, M.S., M.B.A.., Member, Reference Standards Expert Committee and Manager, Compendial Services and Reference Standards, Abbott Laboratories

Ashok V. Katdare, Ph.D., Vice Chair, Excipients Monograph 1 Expert Committee and Head, Formulation Development, Technology Transfer and CMC Management, NeuroMolecular Pharmaceuticals

Douglas Kinghorn, Ph.D., Chair, Dietary Supplements Botanicals Expert Committee and Jack L. Beal Professor and Chair, Ohio State University, College of Pharmacy

Susan Kirshner, Ph.D., Food and Drug Administration (Biography not available)

Richard Ko, Ph.D., Member, Dietary Supplement Information Expert Committee and Research Scientist, California Department of Health Services

Sabine Kopp, Ph.D., Scientist, Secretary of the WHO Expert Committee on Specifications for Pharmaceutical Preparations, World Health Organization (WHO)

Bogdan Kurtyka, Ph.D., Independent Consultant

Raimar Löbenberg, Ph.D., Member, Dietary Supplements Bioavailability Expert Committee and Associate Professor, University of Alberta

Angela G. Long, Vice President, Volunteer and Organizational Affairs/Executive Secretariat, USP

Duncan Low, M.A., Ph.D., Member, Protein A Advisory Panel and Scientific Director, Process Development, Amgen, Inc.

Ronald G. Manning, Ph.D., Vice President, Monograph and Reference Standards Development, USP

Margareth R. Marques, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, USP

Jeffrey R. Mazzeo, Ph.D., Director Applied Technology, Waters Corp.

Timothy J. McGovern, Ph.D., Supervisory Pharmacologist, Division of Pulmonary and Allergy Products, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration

John M. Midgley, O.B.E., M.S., Ph.D., F.R.Pharm.S., C.Chem., F.R.S.C., Emeritus Professor and Research Professor of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry University of Strathclyde

Steven M. Mister, Esq., President and Chief Executive Office, Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN)

Edwin G. Moore, Ph.D., Senior Director, Analytical Research and Development, Baxter

Richard C. Moreton, Ph.D., Vice-Chair, Excipients Monograph 2 Expert Committee and Vice President, Pharmaceutical Sciences Idenix Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Venkat R. Mukku, Ph.D., Member, Biologics and Biotechnology: Proteins and Polysaccharides Expert Committee and Laboratory Head Global Cellular and Analytical Resources, Amgen, Inc.

Michael G. Mulkerrin, Ph.D., Member, Biologics and Biotechnology: Proteins and Polysaccharides Expert Committee and Senior Director, Analytical Biochemistry, Amgen, Inc.

Andres Navarrete, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Pharmacy, School of Chemistry, National Autonomous University of Mexico

Uwe Neue, Ph.D., Director of External Research, Chemistry Operations, Waters Corp.

Alan W. Nichols, M.A., Director, Reference Standards Production, USP

Bernard A. Olsen, Ph.D., Vice-Chair, Monograph Development–Ophthalmics, Oncology, and Dermatology and Research Fellow, Eli Lilly and Company

Philip J. Palermo, Ph.D., Chair, Reference Standards Expert Committee and Private Consultant

Horacio N. Pappa, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, General Policies and Requirements Division, USP

Ernest Parente, Ph.D., Vice-Chair, Monograph Development–Cold, Cough and Analgesics and Laboratory Head, Quality Control, Sanofi-Aventis

Bernard Pécoul, M.D., M.P.H., Member, Resolutions 3 Advisory Panel and Executive Director, Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative (DNDi)

Eike Reich, Ph.D., Member, Dietary Supplements -General Chapters Expert Committee and Head of Lab, Camag

Karen A. Russo, Ph.D., Director, Small Molecules and Monograph Acquisition, USP

Kumud Sampath, M.A., M.B.A., M.S., Vice President, International–India, USP

Dandapantula N. Sarma, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, Dietary Supplements, USP

Melody T. Schmidt, Ph.D., Scientist, Late Stage Purification, Genentech

Susan J. Schniepp, Chair, Monograph Development: Psychiatrics and Psychoactives and Quality Manager, Compendial and Standards, Hospira, Inc.

David R. Schoneker, Member, USP Convention, Director of Global Regulatory Affairs, Colorcon, and Chair-Elect, International Pharmaceutical Excipients Council (IPEC)–Americas

Vinod P. Shah, Ph.D., Consultant, Distinguished Pharmaceutical Scientist, USP

Eric B. Sheinin, Ph.D., USP Fellow, Verification Programs, USP

b, Ph.D., Member, Pharmaceutical Drug Substances and Excipients Advisory Group and Chief Science Officer, Simmons FDA CMC Consulting

Saranjit Singh, M.Pharm., Ph.D., Professor and Head of the Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, National Institute for Pharmaceutical Education and Research, India

Ravi Sirdeshmukh, Deputy Director and Head, Proteomics Facility Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB)

Lloyd R. Snyder, Ph.D., LC Resources, Inc.

Yeowon Sohn, Director, Recombinant Products Team, Korea Food and Drug Administration

Fabio Soldati, Ph.D., Member, Dietary Supplements–Botanicals Expert Committee and Head, Research and Development, Pharmaton SA

V. Srini Srinivasan, Vice President, Verification Programs, USP

Salomon Stavchansky, Ph.D., Member, Council of Experts Executive Committee, Chair, International Health Expert Committee and Alcon Centennial Professor of Pharmaceutics, University of Texas at Austin

Henry F. Steger, Ph.D., Consultant, USP

Erika Stippler, Ph.D., Visiting Scientist, USP and Photonic Applications Systems Technologies (PHAST)

Steven J. Swanson, Ph.D., Senior Director, Clinical Immunology, Amgen Inc.

Anita Y. Szajek, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, USP

Rajendra Uppoor, R.Ph., M.Pharm., Ph.D., Food and Drug Administration

Qingxi Wang, M.B.A., Ph.D., Senior Research Fellow, Merck and Company

Roger L. Williams, M.D., Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer, USP

Ruth Wolff, Ph.D., Member, Recombinant Therapeutic Monoclonal Antibodies Ad hoc Advisory Panel and Director, Therapeutics The Biologics Consulting Group (Biography not available)

Wesley E. Workman, Member, Biologics and Biotechnology: Proteins and Polysaccharides & Reference Standards Expert Committees and Scientific and Senior Manager, Pfizer, Biopharma Operations, Scientific and Laboratory Services, Global Quality Operations, Pfizer Global Manufacturing

Zhong-Yuan Yang, Member, International Health Expert Committee and Advisor, Guangzhou Municipal Institute for Drug Control, China