Introduction of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Challenges in Global Health Development
Tuesday, August 2
1227 Signe Skott Cooper Hall
**Please note the new location, now at the School of Nursing**

Niya Bowers, PhD
Senior Program Officer, Global Health
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Dr. Niya Bowers joined the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in 2015, as a Senior Program Officer in Chemistry, Manufacturing and Controls (Integrated Development). She works closely with the Foundation’s strategy teams and partners, and provides technical expertise and strategic guidance for therapeutic drug development in Global Health.

Dr. Bowers has more than 25 years of experience in pharmaceutical product development, including the end-to-end development of drug substances, drug products, and analytical. She also has in-depth experience in Process Analytical Technology (PAT), regulatory, and project management. Prior to joining the Foundation, she was a managing partner of Garden State Pharmatech, LLC, a CMC consulting firm. From 2010 to 2014, she was an executive director in Merck’s Global Science Technology and Commercialization organization. She was responsible for late phase analytical development for both drug substance and drug product and the head of Merck’s Global Process Analytical Technology. Before Merck, she was a director of Oral and Specialty Product Development in Schering-Plough Research Institute. She led the development, filing and approval of over 15 commercial products at Schering-Plough and Merck. Niya received her PhD in Analytical Chemistry from Seton Hall University, and BS in Chemistry from University of Science and Technology of China.

Host: Lian Yu