Our talented consultants, Wendy Haines and Vidhi Bhanderi will be presenting at the ISPE Life Sciences Technology Conference on March 9, 2021.

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Tuesday March 9, 2021

8:30am – 10:00am

Leading Ladies in the industry:

The women on this panel have navigated their career on different paths. Leaders in their fields, they will share their insights on what it takes to thrive in the pharma/biotech/ medical device industries.

Moderator: Wendy Haines, PhD, ISPE-CaSA Past President, Associate Director of Scientific Services at PharmEng.

Panelists: Kelli Collin, Vice President, Head of Quality at Shattuck Labs; Monique Sprueill, Senior Manager, Strategy, Insights and Innovation, Enterprise Quality Strategy & Services at Johnson & Johnson; Christine Vannais, Chief Operating Officer at FujiFilm Diosynth Biotechnologies; and Sylvie St-Martin, Vice President, Quality Assurance at Medicago.

1:00pm – 2:00pm

Student/Emerging Leaders Career Development:

Vidhi Bhanderi, Validation Specialist, PharmEng Technology
Jennifer Lauria Clark, Executive Director of Strategic Development, Commissioning Agents, Inc.
Mone’t Johnson, Director of Operations, Mid-Atlantic Region, CAI
Tanya Sharma, Partner, Assurea, LLC
Melissa Luck, People and Organization Manager, Novartis

Biography

Wendy Haines
Associate Director of Technical and Scientific Services
PharmEng Technology

Dr. Wendy Haines is the Associate Director of Technical and Scientific Services at PharmEng Technology and has over 20 years of toxicology experience in both the research and biopharmaceutical arenas, encompassing process design, analysis, validation, project/protocol management and scientific writing. She has BS Degrees in Pharmaceutical Sciences & Biology from Campbell University, PhD in Toxicology from University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and is a board-certified toxicologist (Diplomate of the American Board of Toxicology, DABT) and a Certified Quality Auditor (ASQ CQA). Dr. Haines has impacted human health laws at Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) starting in 1997, worked on the Genome Project between EPA and National Institute of Health (NIH), and later conducted her PhD at EPA performing directed research for the Office of Pesticides of EPA. Wendy was a study director and acted as single point of contact for all aspects of a study; oversaw both in vivo (classical and transgenic animal models) and in vitro (primary and immortalized cell lines) experimental studies for both commercial clients and the National Toxicology Program (NTP). In addition to being a study director and research toxicologist, Wendy oversaw formulations for the Investigative Toxicology Division at Integrated Laboratory Systems (ILS) in Research Triangle Park (RTP), North Carolina. Wendy moved from a contract laboratory setting to a consultant company providing validation, project management, and toxicological services to pharmaceutical and biotechnology manufacturers. In the 9 as a consulting toxicologist and project manager to drug manufacturers, she became a subject matter expert (SME) in computer system validation. Dr. Haines has conducted close to 250 product toxicology safety assessments for contract manufacturers and provides guidance on extractable and leachable projects, product testing, worker safety programs, and expert testimony. Wendy has been a member of ISPE for more than 25 years and is a Past President of the CaSA ISPE Chapter.

Vidhi Bhanderi
Validation Specialist
PharmEng Technology

Vidhi Bhanderi, is a recent graduate from Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, GA with a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering. In March 2020, right at the start of quarantine, she began working for PharmEng Technology as a Validation Consultant. In the year since, she’s had to adapt to the changing guidelines and establish a flexible schedule and SMART goals to build the confidence needed to successfully complete her work. She is incredibly eager to share her experience with everyone and would love to answer any questions!

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