Lucia Zhang
Lucia Zhang is a Canadian regulatory official based in Ottawa, Ontario. She is a Senior Clinical Evaluator at Health Canada's Biologic and Radiopharmaceutical Drugs Directorate (BRDD).1) 2)
She is a member of the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET) and the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR).3)
History
Education
Zhang attended the University of Toronto from September 2009 to June 2013 for her Bachelor of Science in Pharmacology and Toxicology, and September 2013 to June 2018 for her Doctor of Philosophy in Pharmacology.5) She worked as as Summer Intern at National Research Council Canada (NRC) from May to August 2010. She served in several roles at the Pharmacology and Toxicology Students' Association and the Pharmacology Graduate Students' Association.6)
Zhang conducted research in the Grynpas Lab at the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute.7) She volunteered at Toronto Western Hospital from September 2012 to June 2013.
Career
Zhang began work at Health Canada as a Clinical Evaluator in June 2018.
COVID-19
Zhang participated in the 14th Workshop on Recent Issues in Bioanalysis from June 15-29, 2020. The conference was partnered with the Future Science Group (FSG).
On February 2021, the journal Bioanalysis published a paper co-authored by Zhang titled 2020 White Paper on Recent Issues in Bioanalysis: Vaccine Assay Validation, qPCR Assay Validation, QC for CAR-T Flow Cytometry, NAb Assay Harmonization and ELISpot Validation (Part 3 – Recommendations on Immunogenicity Assay Strategies, NAb Assays, Biosimilars and FDA/EMA Immunogenicity Guidance/Guideline, Gene & Cell Therapy and Vaccine Assays).8) Among her co-authors are representatives from:
Zhang was promoted to Senior Clinical Evaluator in March 2021.
Activities
Zhang has participated in research funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).9)