Prior to IAVI, Nina worked as a senior nonclinical Subject Matter Expert in the Nonclinical Division at BARDA supporting SARS-CoV-2, Ebola, pandemic flu programs focusing on animal model development and testing Medical Countermeasures (MCMs).
Nina has 15 years of experience in scientific leadership and pharmaceutical product development, to include manufacturing/CMC, nonclinical, assay development, regulatory, quality, clinical to licensure of therapeutics and vaccines (botulinum, anthrax, tuberculosis, HIV). Author of 20 scientific publications who successfully completed more than 60 animal studies (GLP and non-GLP) in support of licensure of MCMs under the FDA Animal Rule sponsored by USG (CBRN Medical, BARDA and NIAID) contracts. Nina’s previous employers were to include, a DynPort Vaccine Corporation, a GDIT company where she served as a Technical Lead overseeing development of a Recombinant Botulinum Vaccine; and Emergent BioSolutions, where she served as a Senior Manager on anthrax vaccines and therapeutics nonclinical programs.