Handan He PhD

Handan He, Ph.D. is currently Head of Computational and Biopharmaceutics Section at Novartis Pharmaceutical Corporation. Dr. He is a recipient of the 2009 Outstanding 50 Asian Americans in Business Award. She received the highest Novartis Global VIVA Award (Vision, Innovation, Value, Achievement Award), which recognizes her as a life-long Leading Scientist. Dr. He has 25 years industry experience and filed >30 INDs/NDAs, supporting all disease areas.

Dr. He has served as an invited speaker at national and international pharmaceutical and pharmacokinetic conferences including American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS), Society for Whole-body Autoradiography (SWBA), IBC life Science, Drug Information Association (DIA), Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), World Pharma Congress (WPC) and OMICS International, The Laboratory Robotics Interest Group (LRIG), HT-ADME Boston Society, Applied Pharmaceutical Analysis and World Congress on Pharmaceutics and Novel Drug Delivery Systems.

She has published more than 50 scientific papers and over 50 abstracts. She served as the elected President of Sino-American Pharmaceutical Professionals Association (SAPA) between 2012 and 2013 and currently is the chair of Board of Directors. She received her Ph.D. in drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics at the University of Saskatchewan in Canada.