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Susan Paulson, PhD

Dr. Paulson has 30+ years of experience in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries as a Clinical Pharmacologist and nonclinical ADME Scientist. As a clinical pharmacology and ADME expert, she contributed to the submissions of numerous aNDAs, NDAs, 505(b)(2), and INDs. Dr. Paulson has expertise in both large and small molecules with extensive global experience throughout each phase of development.  She was a scientist in the departments of drug metabolism and clinical pharmacology at G. D. Searle. In addition, she was Director of Clinical Pharmacology at Abbott Laboratories with responsibilities for HUMIRA® and other targets of immunology and inflammatory disease. She has 7 patents and 49 publications.  Susan received a PhD in Pharmacology from Texas Tech Health Sciences Center. She has served on the IRB for Children’s Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois.  Dr. Paulson is an adjunct faculty at Northwestern University Medical School and a member of AAPS.