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Dr. Phillip L. Gomez III
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Phillip L. Gomez III is director of vaccine production
at the Dale and Betty Bumpers Vaccine Research Center.
The VRC's vaccine production program is dedicated to the
manufacture, testing, and regulatory submission of vaccine
products that will be evaluated in clinical trials. The
group also works with industrial partners in the evaluation
of new vaccine technology, and executes manufacturing
process development and scale-up studies to prepare products
for partnering out to industrial collaborators for final
development and licensure. Dr. Gomez came to NIH from
Baxter Healthcare Corporation in Columbia, Md., where
he served as senior director of process development in
the vaccine business unit, as well as project leader during
the launch of the NeisVac-CTM
vaccine in the United Kingdom. He has also served as a
project manager and director of product development at
Aventis Pasteur in Swiftwater, Pa. At Abbott Laboratories,
Dr. Gomez served in several positions in bioprocess development,
including senior research scientist and team leader. He
earned his master's degree and Ph.D. degree, both in chemical
engineering, from Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa.,
a M.B.A. from the Smith School of Business at the University
of Maryland, and a B.A. in engineering science from Dartmouth
College in Hanover, NH. |
