Steering Committee

Workshop Co-Chairs

Shanti Gomatam, CDER
Cindy Lu, AstraZeneca

FDA

Abel Eshete, CDER
Adrijo Chakraborty, CDRH
Fang Chen, CBER
Haiyan Chen, HHS
Freda Cooner, CBER
Xin Fang, CVM
Xin (Cindy) Gao, CDER
Jennifer Kirk, CBER
William Koh, CDER
Qin Li, CDRH
Ye Li, CDER
Fairouz Makhlouf, CDER
Yong Ma, CDER
Susan Mayo, CDER
Esther Salazar, CTP
Arianna Simonetti, CDRH
Robert Tumasian, CDER
Yuting Weng, CDER
Qing Xie, CDER
Abigail Yuqun Luo, CBER
Jing Zhai, CDER
Tingting Zhou, CBER
Vivian (Wei) Zhuang, NCTR

Senior Advisers

Erik Bloomquist, Neurocrine
Yingwen Dong, Genentech
Mark Levenson, CDER
Yabing Mai, AbbVie
Steven Novick, Takeda
Gene Pennello, CDRH
Satrijit Roychoudhury, Pfizer
Michael Rosenblum
John Scott, CBER
Wanjie Sun, CDER
Lilly Yue, CDRH

Industry

Mouna Akacha, Novartis
Ethan Alt, GSK
Hiya Banerjee, Eli Lilly
Kristine Broglio, AstraZeneca
Haitao Chu, Pfizer
Philip He, Daiichi Sankyo
Frank Fan, BMS
Man (Mandy) Jin, AbbVie
Nicole Li, BeiGene
Ji Lin, Sanofi
Junjing Lin, Alector
Jeen Liu, Regeneron
Rachael Liu, BMS
Peter Mesenbrink, Novartis
Yi Pan, BMS
Matt Psioda, GSK
Lisa Rodriguez, GSK
Zhaoyang Teng, Astellas
Sabrina Shuyan Wan, Merck
Li Wang, AbbVie
Lianzhe Xu, Merck
Yanyao Yi, Eli Lilly
Xiang Zhang, CSL Behring
Jay Zhao, Incyte
Jinglin Zhong, Alector

Academic

Bob Beckman, Georgetown University
Leena Choi, Vanderbilt University
Samiran Ghosh, The University of Texas Health Science Center
Shu Yang, North Carolina State University

Key Dates

  • December 17, 2025 – January 14, 2026
    Online Session Proposal Submission - for Parallel Sessions and Short Courses
  • February 11, 2026 – April 7, 2026
    Online proposal submission for Posters
  • February 11, 2026 – March 26, 2026
    Online Proposal Submission for Roundtables
  • April 2, 2026 – April 21, 2026
    Session & Abstract Editing
  • June 10, 2026
    Conference Early Registration Opens
  • June 12, 2026 – September 18, 2026
    Regular Registration
  • July 7, 2026
    Student Travel Grant Deadline
  • August 11, 2026
    Conference Early Registration Ends
  • August 14, 2026
    Best Poster Award Deadline
  • August 25, 2026
    Hotel Reservation Deadline
  • September 16, 2026 – September 18, 2026
    2026 ASA Biopharmaceutical Section Regulatory-Industry Statistics Workshop