SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD

Duane Gubler, Ph.D., is Professor and Chair, Department of Tropical Medicine and Medical Microbiology at the John A. Burns School of Medicine in Honolulu. Dr. Gubler is also Director of the Asia-Pacific Institute of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases, and Principal Investigator and Founding Director of the National Institutes of Health Pacific Biosafety Laboratory currently under development at the University of Hawaii. Dr. Gubler is the former head of the U.S. Center for Disease Control’s Viral Vector Program in Fort Collins, Colorado.



M.J. “Jay” Winship, MD has wide experience in drug and device development from concept through Pharm/Tox, CMC, Regulatory and FDA clinical trials phase I-IV. Dr. Winship has been a pharmaceutical executive with experience in both small life science firms and large pharmaceutical companies. He has successfully developed and completed both development plans and commercialization strategies. He has conducted or participated in clinical trials for vaccines, antibodies, cancer, allergy, cytokines, and small molecules (caspase inhibitors). In addition, he is experienced in medical affairs, filing INDs and NDAs. Dr. Winship has formulated and implemented a product compound development program from the benchtop into the clinic in start-up companies and participated in the marketing development. He has also integrated the core competencies of drug and development in 3 separate therapeutic areas and participated in overall strategy. One of his strengths is the understanding of the product use in the clinical medicine setting. He has experienced all the areas of medicine and has been a consultant in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases. Dr. Winship has an understanding of the other specialties of medical practice and in addition, as a laboratory director, diagnostics are well understood.