Executive Committee

Executive Committee, Representatives, Appointees (2014)

SECTION OFFICERS, ELECTED

Past Chair 
Amit Bhattacharyya, Ph.D. 
Sr. Director
Quantitative Sciences
GlaxoSmithKline
2301 Renaissance Blvd.
(REN0420)
King of Prussia, PA 19406
Phone: (610) 787-3059
Email: Amit.Bhattacharyya@gsk.com

Chair
Matilde Sanchez 
Arena Pharmaceuticals
6166 Nancy Ridge Drive
San Diego, CA 92121
Phone: (858) 453-7200 
ext. 1619


Email: MSanchez@arenapharm.com

Chair Elect
Dionne L. Price 
FDA/CDER 
10903 New Hampshire Avenue 
Silver Spring, MD 20993 
Phone: (301) 796-1274


Email: 
dionne.price@fda.hhs.gov

Secretary (2014)
Xiaohui (Ed) Luo, Ph.D. 

Senior Director, Biostatistics
PTC Therapeutics 
   Phone: 908.912.9213 (office)

Email: xluo@ptcbio.com

Treasurer (2014-2016)
Heather Thomas, MS, PhD 
Director, Clinical Research (Biostatistics)
Watson Laboratories, Inc.
Salt Lake City, Utah 84108
Phone: 801-588-6214




            Email: Heather.Thomas@watson.com

Program Chair 
Ivan Chan, PhD
Executive Director, Biostatistics
Late Development Statistics
Merck Research Laboratories
Mailstop: UG1CD-38
P.O. Box 1000
North Wales, PA 19454 
Phone: (267) 305-7967

Email: 
ivan_chan@merck.com 

Program Chair Elect
Gary Aras
Associate Therapeutic Area head
Amgen
Phone: 805 447 8292



Email: 
garas@amgen.com

Publications Officer (2013-2015)
Venkat Sethuraman, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Early Development and Non-Clinical Biostatistics
Global Biometric Sciences
Bristol –Myers Squibb
Phone: (609) 252-3841 

Email: Venkat.sethuraman@bms.com
SECTION REPRESENTATIVES, ELECTED


Council of Sections Representative 
(2012-2014)

B. Christine Clark, Ph.D.

689 Raven Rd
Wayne, PA 19087
Phone: (215) 815-5646




Email: clarkbc890@yahoo.com


Council of Sections Representative 
(2013-2015)

Veronica N. Taylor, Ph.D.
Division Director, HFV-160
MPN2, Room N421
Veterinary Medicine, Food and Drug Administration
Phone: (240) 276-8169 



Email: veronica.taylor@fda.hhs.gov

 
Council of Sections Representative 
(2014-2016)
Alan Hartford
AbbVie
1 North Waukegan Road
North Chicago, IL 60064
Phone: 847-938-3990



Email: 
alan.hartford@abbvie.com



 

SECTION APPOINTMENTS

Biopharm Report Past Editor 
Yongming Qu, Ph.D.
Research Advisor
Eli Lilly and Company
Adjunct Professor,
Iowa State University
Phone: (317) 651-8593



Email: 
Quyo@lilly.com

Biopharm Report Editor 
(2013-2015)
Ugochi Emeribe, PhD
AstraZeneca
1800 Concord Pike 
Wilmington, DE 19850
Phone: (302) 886-3452



Email: ugochi.emeribe@astrazeneca.com

Biopharm Report Assoc. Editor 
(2014-2016)
Paul Gallo
Biometrical Fellow
Novartis Pharmaceuticals
One Health Plaza
East Hanover, NJ 07936


Email: paul.gallo@novartis.com

Chair of Podcasting 
Rima Izem
Mathematical Statistician 
FDA/CDER 
Phone: (301) 796-4017

             


Email: rima.izem@fda.hhs.gov 

Executive Committee Member 
(2012-2014)

Jim MacDougall
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals






Email: jamesmacdougall@comcast.net

Executive Committee Member
(2012-2014)

Kjell Johnson
Pfizer
6166 Windmill Court
Saline, MI 48176
Phone: (734) 786-3525 



Email: johns94@gmail.com

Executive Committee Member 
(2013-2015)

Kalyan Ghosh, Ph.D.
199 Daylesford Blvd,
Berwyn, PA 19312
Phone: 484-505-6891



             


Email: kalyanghosh7@gmail.com
Executive Committee Member
(2013-2015)

Ram Suresh, Ph.D.
Vice President, Oncology Biostatistics
GlaxoSmithKline
1250 S. Collegeville Road
Collegeville, PA – 19426-0989
Phone: (610) 917-4969 


Email: ramachandran.x.suresh@gsk.com
 Executive Committee Member
(2014-2016)
Erik Pulkstenis, PhD
Vice President, Clinical Biostatistics and Data Management
One MedImmune Way
Gaithersburg, MD 20878
P: 301.398.1918


Email: pulkstenise@medimmune.com

 Executive Committee Member
(2014-2016)
Amarjot Kaur.
Executive Director, Clinical Biostatistics and Research Decision Sciences
Merck Research Labs
2000 Galloping Hill Road
Kenilworth, New Jersey 07033


Email: 
amarjot_kaur@merck.com

Biostatpharma.com Committee, Chair
Anna Nevius, Ph.D.
FDA
Center for Veterinary Medicine
7500 Standish Pl.
Rockville, MD 20855
Phone: (240) 276-8170

Email: anna.nevius@fda.hhs.gov

Program Committee, Chair
Estelle Russek-Cohen
FDA
Phone: (301) 827-9007 





Email: estelle.russek-cohen@fda.hhs.gov
Committee on Formation of Scientific Working Groups, Chair
Bruce Binkowitz
Executive Director, Late Development Statistics
Merck and Co., Inc.
126 E. Lincoln Avenue
Rahway, NJ   07090
Phone: (732) 594-4402


Email: binkowitz@merck.com
 Committee on Formation of Scientific Working Groups, Chair
Ram Suresh, Ph.D.
Vice President, Oncology Biostatistics
GlaxoSmithKline
1250 S. Collegeville Road
Collegeville, PA – 19426-0989
Phone: (610) 917-4969 

Email: ramachandran.x.suresh@gsk.com


FDA Industry Workshop 
FDA Co-Chair
Shiowjen Lee, Ph.D.
Office of Biostatistics and Epidemiology
Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research
US Food and Drug Administration
Phone: 301-827-3882 (W)





Email: Shiowjen.Lee@fda.hhs.gov

FDA Industry Workshop
Industry Co-Chair

Cristiana Mayer
Scientific Director, Statistical Modeling
Model Based Drug Development.
Janssen R&D, Johnson & Johnson
1125 Trenton-Harbourton road
Titusville, NJ 08560
Phone: (609) 730-6649



Email: cmayer1@its.jnj.com

Fellows Committee, Chair
Brian L. Wiens, Ph.D.
Alcon Laboratories, Inc. 
6201 South Freeway
TC-41
Fort Worth, Texas 76134

Phone: (817) 615-5012

Email: brian.wiens@alcon.com

Student Paper Competition Committee, Chair
Richard McNally
Covance
7236 Belleview Ave 
Kansas City, KS 64114
Phone: (816) 332-3892 


Email: richard.mcnally@covance.com 

Contributed Presentation Competition Committee, Chair 
Theodore Lystig, Ph.D.
Distinguished Statistician
Strategic Scientific Operations
Medtronic, Inc.
Phone: +1 763 514 0472
Fax: +1 763 505 8205

Email: theodore.lystig@medtronic.com

Contributed Poster Competition Committee, Chair 
Junyuan (Jerry) Wang, Ph.D.
311 Pennington-Rocky Hill Road
Pennington, NJ 08534
Phone: (609) 818-4299



Email: Junyuan.wang@bms.com

Distance Training, Co-Chair 
Shailaja Suryawanshi, Ph.D. 
BARDS - Late Stage Clinical Development
Merck & Co., Inc.
P.O. Box 2000, RY 34-A304 
126 E. Lincoln Ave. 
Rahway NJ 07065
Phone: (732) 594-1507 
Email: Shailaja_Suryawanshi@merck.com

Distance Training, Co-Chair
Satrajit Roychoudhury 
Expert Statistical Methodologist 
BDM Oncology 
Novartis Pharmaceutical Company
Florham Park, NJ 07932 
Phone: (862) 778-0426

             Email:satrajit.roychoudhury@novartis.com
Safety Working Group, Co-Chair
Qi Jiang, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Global Biostatistical Science
One Amgen Center Drive, MS 24-2-C
Thousand Oaks,CA, 91320
Phone: 805-447-9614

 

Email: qjiang@amgen.com
Safety Working Group, Co-Chair
Olga Marchenko
Vice President
Center for Statistics in Drug Development
Innovation
5927 South Miami Blvd.
Morrisville, NC 27560
Phone: (919) 998-7967


Email: 
olga.marchenko@quintiles.com

 Policy liaison (2012-2014)
Richard J. Caplan
1800 Concord Pike
P.O. Box 15437
Wilmington DE 19850-5437 
Phone: (302) 885-5915



Email: richard.caplan@astrazeneca.com
Membership Committee Chair (2014)
Jennifer Gauvin
GlaxoSmithKline
5 Moore Drive
RTP, NC 27709
(919) 483-9706


Email: 
 Jennifer.ls.gauvin@gsk.com
 Webmaster Committee Chair (2014)
   Yue Shentu
  Merck & Co., Inc.
P.O. Box 2000, RY 34-A318 
126 E. Lincoln Ave. 
Rahway NJ 07065


Email: yue_shentu@Merck.com