Mentor Breakfast

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