Celia Lourenco

Dr. Celia Lourenco is a Canadian pharmacologist and public health official based in Ottawa, Ontario.

Lourenco received a PhD in Pharmacology from the University of Toronto, where she attended from 1991-2000.¹⁾

Lourenco is the Director General of the Biologics and Genetic Therapies Directorate (BGTD) of the Health Products and Food Branch at Health Canada. She began in this role in November 2018.²⁾ In this role, she serves as an ex-officio representative on the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI).³⁾

She was previously the Senior Executive Director of the Therapeutic Products Directorate (TPD) and held other management positions in the agency. She was Director of the Bureau of Gastroenterology, Infection and Viral Diseases;⁴⁾ Associate Director of the Bureau of Cardiology, Allergy and Neurological Sciences; Interim Director of the Office of Clinical Trials; Manager of Clinical Group 1 at the Office of Clinical Trials; and Senior Clinical Evaluator.⁵⁾

Celia formerly represented Health Canada at the Assembly and Management Committee of the International Council for Harmonization, where she served as Assembly and Management Committee Vice-chair.⁶⁾