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PDA Australia Chapter

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Australia / New Zealand

PDA Australia Chapter Mission

The PDA Australian Chapter serves as a leading organisation for professionals in the Australian biopharma industry. Established in 1996, our mission is to connect people, technology, science, and regulation. We actively promote and enhance knowledge within the sciences and technologies, developing programs and other activities to address local and global needs in alignment with PDA’s mission and objectives. Our goal is to expand our reach nationwide, providing extended connectivity information and content to our members.

Membership

Make the most of your membership:

  • Access to PDA Letter
  • PDA’s Membership magazine covering science, technology and regulation with articles published monthly
  • Access to PDA Journal of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology
  • Peer reviewed scientific, regulatory and technical papers
  • Access to Technical Reports
  • Peer reviewed global consensus documents written by subject-matter experts on issues relating challenging technical areas for industry
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Members at Large

  • Jeremy Anderson, Senior Aseptic Specialist, Pfizer
  • Melissa Khouri, Head of Quality, BioCina
  • Gerry McKiernan, Director and Principal Consultant, Increment4
  • Fergus O'Connell, Head of Quality, Eurofins Biopharma Testing
  • Nadia Seidel, Site Operational Excellence Lead, Pfizer
  • Craig Stephens, Senior Director Quality, CSL Behring

Chapter Events

Current Chapter Sponsors

Get Involved

The Australian Chapter is an extension of the PDA international non-profit organization. The local Chapter focuses its efforts towards organizing and providing local events targeted at pharmaceutical/biopharmaceutical industry members, especially those involved in the development, manufacturing, quality control, quality assurance, and regulatory affairs.

The Australian Chapter of the PDA is comprised of volunteers from a variety of local industry organizations and is made up of Chapter Officers that comprise of the Executive Committee and Committee Members. The Australian Chapter aims to run one major event with the TGA annually and additional seminars throughout the year. The objective of these events is to provide industry professionals with a venue and platform to converse and exchange information while enjoying presentations from the top industry professionals.

The Australian Chapter aspires to be an integral link in education and is always looking for new volunteers who may assist us in our efforts. Your support, comments, and suggestions are the mechanism to our improved success.

For additional information, please contact the chapter at pdachapteraus@gmail.com.

Student Chapter

As part of the PDA Committee, our mission is to develop the next generation of future leaders in the applied life sciences. We encourage students and young professionals to join the Australian Students and Young Professionals (SYP) committee which is sponsored by the PDA Australia Chapter. This is a great way to help you realize your career ambitions and help foster stronger relationships and mentoring opportunities between students and pharmaceutical and biotechnology professionals. Joining a professional society like PDA is a great way to get you started!

Student & Young Professional President

Adam Thomas

Adam is a Senior Postdoctoral Scientist, Adjunct Research Fellow and Education Facilitator at Burnet Institute. As a biochemist, and a self-driven scientist with an aptitude to learn, and further development of existing and new skills. He has experience in biochemistry and cell culture.

For more information on becoming a student chapter members, contact Adam Thomas: LinkedIn

 

 

Student & Young Professional Liaison

Lisa Bennett

Lisa Bennett

After beginning her career as an analytical chemist in the petrochemical industry, Lisa moved into roles within the Pharmaceutical industry where she gained hands-on experience in a wide breadth of disciplines such as QC, Stability and Clinical Trials, Supply Chain/Logistics, R&D, Aseptic processing and sterile manufacture, QA including Release for Supply and Quality Auditing.

 

PDA Australia Student Chapter "Find Your Future In STEM" Photos

(l-r) Shauna Herbst, Bonnie Seymour, Srujana Mokka, Selda Yildiz Kaya, Pauline Deng and Polly Sabljak
(l-r) Adi Alhuwaider and Charlie Ma

Chapter Officers

  • Justine Mann

    CEO

    President

    CBE

  • Mylinh La, PhD

    Senior Laboratory Manager

    President-Elect

    CSIRO

  • Micheal Schafferius

    Application Specialist

    Secretary

    Sartorius- Stedim

    pdachapteraus@gmail.com

  • Jo Sherriff

    Engineering Compliance Manager

    Treasurer

    SeerPharma Pty. Ltd.

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