US Food and Drug Administration, MD
Dr. Namandjé N. Bumpus serves as the FDA Chief Scientist where she provides strategic leadership and expertise to support scientific excellence, innovation, collaboration, and capacity to achieve FDA's public health mission. Prior to this, Dr. Bumpus was on the faculty at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine for 12 years, most recently as the E.K. Marshall and Thomas H. Maren Professor and chair of the Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences. She also served previously as associate dean for basic research. Dr. Bumpus’ research expertise is in pharmacology with a particular focus on drug metabolism, pharmacogenetics, bioanalytical chemistry, and infectious disease. She earned a BA in biology at Occidental College in 2003, a PhD in pharmacology at the University of Michigan in 2007 and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in molecular and experimental medicine at The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, CA in 2010.
Dr. Bumpus currently serves as president of the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET). She previously served as chair of the NIH Xenobiotic and Nutrient Disposition and Action study section. Dr. Bumpus is an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and member of the National Academy of Medicine.
Monday, December 4, 2023
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM ET