Seminar Title: AI Revolution in Pharmaceutical Industry
Time: 3:30 - 4:30
Where: PBB 131 and WebEx https://uconn-cmr.webex.com/meet/boc07001
Dr. Xiaorong He, Senior Vice President, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceutical Company
Xiaorong He is a Senior Vice President at Boehringer-Ingelheim Pharmaceutical Company, based in Ridgefield, CT. As the Site Head of Non-clinical Development US, she is responsible for shaping the site strategy, overseeing people development, ensuring site compliance, and collaborating with other members of the Country Management Committee to steer initiatives and strategies that impact the entire Boehringer Ingelheim USA. By providing leadership and guidance to a team of 450 scientists, she helps drive innovation to ensure that breakthrough therapies are developed efficiently and effectively.
As the Head of Global Development Sciences, she is responsible for guiding her team to drive adoption of transformative innovation, cultivating a culture of scientific excellence and engagement, and integrating patient centricity and sustainability into the development of novel medicines within Global Development with sites in Germany, US, Japan and China. Xiaorong has more than 20 years of experience in both big Pharma and startup companies. Her leadership experience ranges from leading large organization to drive innovation and deliver pipeline projects, to setting up contract manufacturing facilities and building business clientele.
Xiaorong received her Pharmacy BS from Beijing University, MS from University of Minnesota, Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences from Purdue University and MBA degree from Western Michigan University. She has published many peer-reviewed papers and book chapters and held several patents. She is the board member of IQ Consortium. She served as the chair of USP General Chapter - Physical Analysis Expert Committee and is a member of USP Council of Expert from 2015 - 2022. Xiaorong is on the scientific advisory board for the Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences since 2013.
For more information, contact: Dr. Bodhi Chaudhuri at bodhi.chaudhuri@uconn.edu