Candace Gomez-Broughton PhD U.S. FDA

Candace Gomez-Broughton, PhD the Supervisor of Division of Biotechnology Manufacturing the Office of Pharmaceutical Manufacturing at the FDA. She has over 10 years of Biologic License Application (BLA) review experience. She received her undergraduate degree in biology from Spelman College in Atlanta, GA and completed her PhD in Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Illinois at Chicago and post-doctoral training at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Before joining the FDA, Candace worked as a consultant advising clients on how to effectively execute major capital projects. During her time at the consulting firm she spent many hours in oil refineries, chemical plants, and pharmaceutical manufacturing sites gaining a wealth of knowledge about manufacturing process design and control.