Ms. Zhu serves as the Senior Vice President/Managing Director for DIA Greater China. She joined DIA from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, where she was the Senior Program Officer for R&D Programs. Prior to her work at the Foundation, she was the founder and CEO of START Shanghai, which was one of the earliest Phase I oncology service companies in China.
Ms. Zhu brings twenty years of experience in clinical research, business operations, and project management in the pharmaceutical industry, having held positions at Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD) and GSK. Her work was key to establishing GSK’s R&D Center in Shanghai, where she led the clinical and business operations.
Ms. Zhu received her B.S. degree in Pharmaceutical Science from Peking University Health Science Center (Beijing Medical University) and an MBA from Rutgers University, USA.
Our Leadership
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Joseph Scheeren,
PharmD •Chair DIA
Senior Advisor R&D
Bayer AG -
John A. Roberts,
MBA •Immediate Past Chair DIA
President and Chief Executive Officer
Cancer Genetics, Inc. (CGI) -
Rebecca Vermeulen,
RPh •Chair-Elect DIA
Head, Product Development Medical Affairs Customer Strategy
F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. -
Jeffrey S. Payne,
CPA, CGMA •Secretary/Treasurer DIA
Chief Financial Officer
Katabat -
Barbara Lopez Kunz,
MS • Global Chief Executive
DIA
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Andrzej Czarnecki,
MD, PhD, DSc •Director DIA
Director, Deputy Qualified Person for Pharmacovigilance, Global Patient Safety
Eli Lilly and Company, Ltd. -
Angelika Joos,
MPharm •Director DIA
Executive Director, Global Regulatory Policy
Merck Sharp & Dohme (Europe) Inc. -
Judith Ng-Cashin,
MD •Director DIA
Chief Scientific Officer
Syneos Health -
Michael Romano,
CPA •Director DIA
Partner, Life Science Industry Practice Group, RSM US -
Michael Rosenblatt,
MD •Director DIA
Chief Medical Officer
Flagship Pioneering -
Jonathan Sheldon,
PhD •Director DIA
Senior Vice President
QIAGEN -
Kihito Takahashi,
MD, PhD •Director DIA
Vice President and Senior Managing Director, Development & Medical Affairs, GlaxoSmithKline Japan -
Lingshi Tan,
PhD •Director DIA
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
dMed Company Limited -
Cynthia L. Verst,
PharmD •Director DIA
President, R&D Design and Delivery Innovation, IQVIA
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Joseph Scheeren,
PharmD • Chair, Executive Committee
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Jeffrey S. Payne,
CPA • Member, Executive Committee -
John A. Roberts,
MBA • Member, Executive Committee -
Rebecca Vermeulen,
RPh • Member, Executive Committee -
Barbara Lopez Kunz,
MS • Member, Executive Committee
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Michael Romano,
CPA • Chair, Audit Committee -
Andrzej Czarnecki,
MD, PhD, DSc • Member, Audit Committee -
Angelika Joos,
MPharm • Member, Audit Committee -
Joseph Scheeren,
PharmD • Member, Audit Committee -
Cynthia L. Verst,
PharmD • Member, Audit Committee
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Yoshiaki Uyama,
PhD • Chair, Council of Regulators
Leadership Committee
Japan Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency Liaison to the DIA Board -
Peter Bachmann,
PhD • Council of Regulators
Leadership Committee
European Medicines Agency Liaison to the DIA Board -
Gerald J. Dal Pan,
MD • Council of Regulators
Leadership Committee
US Food and Drug Administration Liaison to the DIA Board -
Petra Dörr,
PhD • Council of Regulators
Swissmedic Liaison to the DIA Board
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Barbara Lopez Kunz,
MS • Global Chief Executive -
Bayard G. Gardineer,
MS, CPA • Chief Financial Officer -
Timothy Hess • Global Director of IT
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Thomas Bols • Senior Vice President & Managing Director
DIA EMEA -
Youngshin Lee,
PhD • Senior Vice President & Managing Director
DIA South Korea and ASEAN -
Sudip S. Parikh,
PhD • Senior Vice President & Managing Director
DIA Americas -
Akio Uemura,
PhD • Senior Vice President & Managing Director
DIA Japan -
Carol Zhu,
RPh, MBA • Senior Vice President & Managing Director
DIA Greater China