SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD

  • Carolyn

    Caroline Westhoff, M.D.

    Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, at Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons. Published about 100 scientific articles relating to safety and effectiveness of contraception and abortion. Dr. Westhoff’s current studies evaluate new and simpler ways to initiate contraceptive methods, and evaluate whether drug interactions interfere with contraceptive efficacy.

     

  • Fredricks

    David Fredricks, M.D.

    Director of the Fredricks Laboratory in the Vaccine and Infectious Diseases Institute in the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center at the University of Washington School of Medicine; which focuses on the human vaginal microbiome.

     

  • Jos

    Jos Seegers, PhD.

    Dr. Seegers is the CEO of Falco Biotherapeutics and former CEO of Lactrys Biopharmaceuticals BV., whose work focuses on plasmid replication and stability in Lactococcus lactis and the exploitation of a library of affinity proteins, expressed at the surface of lactobacilli .

     

  • HZ

    Joyce Frey-Vasconcells, PhD

    Dr. Frey-Vasconcells served more than 12 years at the FDA, most recently as Deputy Director, Office of Cellular, Tissue, and Gene Therapies (OCTGT) with the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER).