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Office of Drug Evaluation I

Botanical Review Team

Organization and Contact Information

Shaw T. Chen, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Director for Special Product Review -Botanical Drug Products. 
shaw.chen@fda.hhs.gov  
Phone: (301) 796-1054

Shaw T. Chen, M.D., Ph.D. the Associate Director for Special Product Review in ODE I, serves as the Team Leader of the Botanical Review Team.  Dr. Chen earned his Ph.D. in biophysical chemistry from Johns Hopkins University and is a graduate of the University of Miami Medical School.  He came to the FDA after a pediatric residency at the University of Minnesota and a fellowship at NIH.  Dr. Chen was a Medical Officer and Medical Team Leader in the Division of Cardiorenal Drug Products for over 12 years before moving to his current position in August 2000.

Jinhui Dou, Ph.D.
Pharmacognosy and Pharmacology Reviewer.

Dr. Jin-Hui Dou joined the Botanical Review Team as the pharmacognosy reviewer in July 2002.  Dr. Dou is uniquely qualified for this position having earned his B.Pharm, and M.S. at the Bejing University of Chinese Medicine and his Ph.D. at the University of Mississippi.  In addition to his formal training, Dr. Dou has extensive practical experience in the areas of medicinal plant biology, pharmacology of herbal preparations, and clinical uses of botanical products.

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Created: 3/26/2004
Updated 7/6/2006
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