2024 PharmSci 360 Mentoring Breakfast
Tuesday, October 22, 2024
7:00 am–8:30 am MT
Salt Lake AB, Hyatt Regency Salt Lake City
The individuals listed within each subcategory below have volunteered to serve as mentors at the Mentoring Breakfast. Review the list of mentors to determine who you would like to talk with during the event and come prepared with questions.
Academia
Vivek Agrahari, Ph.D., CONRAD
Robert "Rusty" Arnold, Ph.D., Auburn University
Reina Bendayan, Pharm.D., FAAPS, University of Toronto
Ira Buckner, Ph.D., Duquesne University
Hyunah Cho, Ph.D., St. John's University
Adeola Coker, Ph.D., Feik School of Pharmacy
Nikoletta Fotaki, Ph.D., FAAPS, University of Bath
Jogarao Gobburu, Ph.D., FAAPS, University of Maryland
Vivek Gupta, Ph.D., St. John's University
Bhaskara Jasti, Ph.D., FAAPS, University of the Pacific
Medha D. Joshi, Ph.D., Midwestern University
Xiuling Lu, Ph.D., FAAPS, University of Connecticut
M. N. V. Ravi Kumar, Ph.D., FAAPS, The University of Alabama
Bozena Michniak-Kohn, Ph.D., FAAPS, Rutgers University
Eric Munson, Ph.D., FAAPS, Purdue University
Ketankumar Patel, Ph.D., St. John's University
James Polli, Ph.D., FAAPS, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy
Gurvinder Singh Rekhi, Ph.D., FAAPS, University of Georgia College of Pharmacy
Aliasger Salem, Ph.D., FAAPS, University of Iowa
Abhisheak Sharma, Ph.D., University of Florida
Patrick Sinko, Ph.D., R.Ph., FAAPS, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Duxin Sun, Ph.D., FAAPS, University of Michigan
Ashish Srivastava, Ph.D., University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Consultant
Anthony DeStefano, Ph.D., Retired
Priyata Kalra, M.S., Simulations Plus, Inc.
Stephen Morris, Ph.D., Everglade Consulting
Prabu Nambiar, Ph.D., M.B.A., R.A.C., Syner-G Biopharma Group, LLC
Sandra Suarez, Ph.D., Simulation Plus
Catherine Vrentas, Ph.D., M.B.A., MPH, Booz Allen
Dinesh Jaiswal, Ph.D., Jaiswal DMRK Pharmaceutical Consulting Co. LLC/Self-Employed
Contract Manufacturing
Shaukat Ali, Ph.D., FAAPS, Ascendia Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Mingshu Li, M.S., M.B.A., Asymchem Inc
Yunsong Li, Ph.D., M.B.A., WuXi Biologics
Contract R&D
Carmen Fernandez-Metzler, Ph.D., PharmaCadence Analytical Services, LLC
Amanda Hays, Ph.D., BioAgilytix
Stephen Lowes, Ph.D., IQVIA Laboratories
Rajiv Nayar, Ph.D., HTD Biosystems Inc.
Heather Squire, B.S., Simulations Plus, Inc.
Lauren Stevenson, Ph.D., Immunologix Laboratories
Bo Tokarski, Ph.D., Charles River Laboratories Ashland LLC
Government
Muhammad Adnan, Pharm.D., SKMC
Heather Boyce, Ph.D., US Food and Drug Administration
Priyanka Ghosh, Ph.D., U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Industry – Manufacturing Equipment/Diagnostics
Clemens Anklin, Dr. sc. nat., Bruker BioSpin Corporation
Industry - Manufacturing Excipients/Chemicals
Kevin O'Donnell, Ph.D., International Flavors and Fragrances
True Rogers, Ph.D., R.Ph., IFF Pharma Solutions - Industry
Industry - Manufacturing Pharmaceuticals
Carl Allenspach, Ph.D., Bristol-Myers Squibb
Filippos Kesisoglou, Ph.D., FAAPS, Merck and Co., Inc.
Cynthia Oksanen, Ph.D., Pfizer (Retired)
Harshil Parikh, B.Pharm., Teva Pharmaceuticals
Phillip Ramsey, M.S., M.B.A., R.A.C., Sangamo Therapeutics
Non-Profit
Sara Maloney Norcross, Ph.D., RTI International - Non-Profit
Tina Morris, Ph.D., AAPS - Non-Profit
Other
Suvarchala Avvari, Ph.D., Simulations Plus, Inc.
Soumya Mohana Sundaram, M.S., Celerion
Pharma - Big (10,000+ employees)
Anjali Agrawal, Ph.D., Novo Nordisk
Annette Bak, Ph.D., MBA, FAAPS, AstraZeneca
Mary Belfast, B.S., Teva Branded Pharmecuticals, West Chester PA
Jayshil Bhatt, Ph.D., Amgen Inc
Daniel Bow, Ph.D., AbbVie Inc.
Sai Prasanth Chamarthy, Ph.D., Amgen
Amit Desai, Ph.D., Astellas Pharma
Andre Hermans, Ph.D., Merck & Co, Inc.
Siyuan Huang, Ph.D., Eli Lilly and Company
Joshua Katzenstein, Ph.D., Merck Animal Health
Tarik Khan, Ph.D., Roche
Otilia Koo, Ph.D., FAAPS, Novo Nordisk
Mary Krause, Ph.D., Bristol Myers Squibb
Zhanjie Liu, Ph.D., Eli Lilly and Company
Yiquan Liu, Ph.D., Gilead Sciences
Lori McCaig, Ph.D., Pfizer, Inc.
Jim Shen, Ph.D., Bristol-Myers Squibb
Allen Templeton, Ph.D., FAAPS, Merck and Co Inc
Russell Weiner, Ph.D., FAAPS,
Kun Yang, Ph.D., Bristol Myers Squibb
Pharma - Mid-Sized/Specialized (1,000 - 10,000 employees)
Sanjeev Bhardwaj, Ph.D., Moderna Therapeutics
Emily Niloufar Bibak, Ph.D., Glaukos
Binodh DeSilva, Ph.D., Ultragenyx
Sreejit Menon, Ph.D., CRODA Inc.
Brahma Singh, Ph.D., F.C.P., Acadia Pharmaceuticals
Aswani Dutt Vadlapudi, Ph.D, Organon & Co
Long Yuan, Ph.D., Biogen
Yu-E Zhang, Ph.D., PMP, Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc
Pharma - Small (Fewer than 1,000 employees)
Tapan Das, Ph.D., FAAPS, Spyre Therapeutics
Deepkamal Karelia, Ph.D., Spark Therapeutics
Kimberly Lupo, M.S., M.B.A., Portrett Pharmaceuticals LLC
Punit Marathe, Ph.D., Agios Pharmaceuticals
Mitra Mosharraf, Ph.D., HTD Biosystems Inc
Erica Schlesinger, Ph.D., Seran Biosciences, LLC
Gopi Shankar, Ph.D., MBA, FAAPS, Larimar Therapeutics, Inc.
Jennifer Vance, Ph.D., Recursion Pharmaceuticals
Andrew Vick, Ph.D., Attralus Therapeutics