Chair
Phillip Ramsey
SAIC-Frederick
Frederick, MD UNITED STATES

Chair-Elect
Deepa S. Deshpande, Ph.D., RAC
Cerexa Inc (subsidiary of Forest Laboratories Inc)
Alameda, CA UNITED STATES

Vice Chair
Andrew M. Vick, Ph.D.
BioPharma Services
Saint Charles, MO UNITED STATES

Secretary/Treasurer
Bhaskara R. Jasti, Ph.D.
University of the Pacific
Stockton, CA United States

Past Chair
Russell S. Weiner, Ph.D.
Bristol-Myers Squibb, Inc.
Lawrenceville, NJ UNITED STATES

Member at Large
Peter A. Crooks, Ph.D.
University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy
Lexington, KY UNITED STATES

National Biotechnology Conference Screeners Committee
Sudip K. Das, Ph.D.
Butler University
Indianapolis, IN

Annual Meeting Screeners Committee
Sudip K. Das, Ph.D.
Butler University
Indianapolis, IN

Annual Meeting Program Committee
Deepa S. Deshpande, Ph.D., RAC
Cerexa Inc (subsidiary of Forest Laboratories Inc)
Alameda, CA UNITED STATES

Awards Committee
Mark A. Staples, Ph.D.
Cusp PharmaTech Consulting LLC
Cambridge, MA United States

Content Advisory Cmte
Masood U. Khan
Covance Laboratories
Chantilly, VA UNITED STATES

National Biotech Progrming Committee
Jeffrey M. Sailstad
Sailstad and Associates
Durham, NC UNITED STATES

Student/Postdoc Committee
William Nowatzke
CEDRA Corporation
Austin, TX UNITED STATES

Fellows Committee
Wayne R. Gombotz, Ph.D.
Omeros Corporation
Seattle, WA United States

Membership Committee
Kamal L. Egodage, Ph.D.
Eli Lilly
Indianapolis, IN UNITED STATES

Nominations Committee
Phillip Ramsey
SAIC-Frederick
Frederick, MD UNITED STATES

Program Coordination Committee
Lawrence X. Yu, Ph.D.
Food and Drug Administration Office of Generic Drugs
Rockville, MD

Publications Committee
Masood U. Khan
Covance Laboratories
Chantilly, VA UNITED STATES

Webmasters Committee
Mr. Christian Grimstein
College of Pharmacy, University of Florida
Gainesville, FL UNITED STATES

Member Strategic Oversight Committee
Kamal L. Egodage, Ph.D.
Eli Lilly
Indianapolis, IN UNITED STATES

Student Rep
Mr. Tarik A. Khan
University of Texas
Austin, TX United States

Programming Committee
Deepa S. Deshpande, Ph.D., RAC
Cerexa Inc (subsidiary of Forest Laboratories Inc)
Alameda, CA UNITED STATES

Staff Liaison
Stacey Anne May Wierzba
AAPS
Arlington, VA UNITED STATES

Biomarkers in Translational Medicine Focus Group
Pei Fan Bai, Ph.D.
OCP/OTS/CDER/FDA
Silver Spring, MD

Pharmacogenomics (PGx) Focus Group
Majid Moridani, Pharm.D., Ph.D.
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Amarillo, TX

Ligand Binding Assay Bioanalytical Focus Group
Bonita J. Rup, Ph.D.
Wyeth Research
Andover, MA United States

Sterile Products Focus Group
Lavinia Marina Lewis, Ph.D.
Pfizer
Chesterfield, MO United States

Preformulation Focus Group
Tapan K. Das, Ph.D.
Pfizer, St. Louis
Chesterfield, MO United States

CRO Focus Group
Shang-Ying Peter King, Ph.D.
Quest Pharmaceutical Services, L.L.C.
Newark, DE United States

Generic Pharmaceuticals Focus Group
Mei-Ling Chen, Ph.D
Office of Pharmaceutical Science, Food and Drug Administration
Rockville, MD UNITED STATES

Lipid-Based Drug Delivery Systems Focus Group
Panayiotis P. Constantinides, Ph.D.
Biopharmaceutical and Drug Delivery Consulting, LLC
Gurnee, IL UNITED STATES

Nucleic Acid Based Therapeutics Focus Group
Alain P. Rolland, Ph.D.
Vical Incorporated
San Diego, CA UNITED STATES

Preformulation Focus Group
Eric J. Munson, Ph.D
University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS

Preformulation Focus Group
Eric J. Munson, Ph.D
University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS

Protein Aggregation & Immunogenicity Focus Group
Dr. Satish K. Singh
Pfizer, Inc.
Chesterfield, MO United States