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About SAPA-GP

The Sino-American Pharmaceutical Professionals Association — Greater Philadelphia. A volunteer-run, non-profit community for the life sciences.

Who we are

A key source for knowledge exchange in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and generic drug industries — based in the Greater Philadelphia tech corridor.

SAPA-GP is a chapter of SAPA, offering a wide range of high-quality training and events. We connect scientists, drug developers, and industry leaders, and we reach life sciences professionals around the world.

2002
Founded
501(c)(3)
Non-profit
4,000+
Professionals
100%
Volunteer-run
Our mission

Why we exist

01

To promote pharmaceutical sciences and biotechnology.

02

To contribute to public health education by raising public awareness.

03

To facilitate scientific and business cooperation.

04

To foster the career development of pharmaceutical professionals.

What we do

How we serve the community

Enrichment programs

Annual conferences, pharmaceutical training, career workshops, a venture forum, and more.

Career opportunity

Career training, mentor matching, and job opportunities from our sponsors.

Non-profit organization

We provide support to our life science and healthcare community.

Volunteer based

Every event is organized by 100% volunteers. If you're interested, join us.

4,000+
Members
1,000+
Conference attendees
100+
Partners & sponsors
100%
Volunteer based
10+
Events every year
Our people

Leadership

SAPA-GP is led by a volunteer team of pharmaceutical and biotech professionals.

President Office

Xinjun Zhang
President
Lu Wang
Immediate-past President
Evelyn Guo
President-Elect

President Office Council

Jing Yang
Haichen Yang
Fang Shen
Sean Zhang

Executive Office

Hui Wang
VP of BD
Sherry Wang
VP of Operation
Bill Lu
VP of Partnership
Lixia Yao
VP, Advisor Alliance & AI Program
Patricia Tsao
VP, Strategy & Career Dev.
Tao Niu
VP of Program
Jake Dong
VP of Program
Hao Sun
VP of Communications
Jialie Luo
VP of IT
Jingwen Niu
VP of PM
Ying Zhou
VP in Finance
Yali Liang
Program Director
CJ Song
Program Director
Huize Yan
Program Director
Jin Wen
Program Director
Fei Meng
Communication Director
Ruixi Wang
IT Director
Yifan Gong
Logistic Director
Shuo Huang
PM Director
Ronghui Zhou
Director, Data Analyses
Bryan Tsao
Director of Business Relationships

Advisory Board

Song Li, Ph.D.
Executive Chairman, Frontage Laboratories
Ganhui Lan, Ph.D.
VP, Data Science & ML, Genentech
James Fendrick
President & CEO, Rockland Immunochemicals
Yong Chen, Ph.D.
Professor of Biostatistics, Univ. of Pennsylvania
Heather A. Steinman, PhD, MBA
SVP BD & Exec. Director, Tech Transfer, The Wistar Institute
Jason Uslaner, Ph.D.
VP, Head of Discovery Neuroscience, Merck & Co.

Advisor Council

Co-Chairs (in random order): Bo Liang · Weiguo Dai · Zhenhua Wu · Dai Han

Members (in random order): Hancheng Zhang · Demin Zhu · Cang Bai · Jian Li · Zhongda Zhang · Laura Hong · Bin Shi · Li Shi · Wenting Chen · Li Yan · Zheru Zhang · Haichen Yang · Jing Yang · Huaqiong Shen · Aston Liu · Fang Shen

Where our members work

The affiliations of SAPA-GP members

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