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City of Hope has established quality assurance, quality control, regulatory affairs and manufacturing teams with substantial experience and expertise in areas including pre-IND/IND (investigational new drug) preparation, cGMP (current Good Manufacturing Practices) manufacturing and training, and process and product development.

Our staff specializes in viral and nonviral vector design, production and purification (including baculovirus expression and transfection-based production), monoclonal antibody production, bacterial fermentation, mammalian cell culture, and aseptic fill and finish.

 Center for Applied Technology Development

Larry A. Couture, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President
626-256-HOPE (4673)
lcouture@coh.org

Diana Ward
Administrative Manager
626-256-HOPE (4673)
dward@coh.org

Chanel Parrish
Administrative Assistant
626-256-HOPE (4673)
cparrish@coh.org

Barbara Potter
Senior Secretary
626-256-HOPE
bpotter@coh.org

Yasmine Shad, M.S.
Quality Systems Director
626-256-HOPE (4673)
yshad@coh.org

Nancy Higby
Executive Assistant
626-256-HOPE (4673)
nhigby@coh.org

 Office of Technology Licensing

Matthew Grunseth, M.B.S.
Technology Licensing Manager
626-471-7221
mgrunseth@coh.org

Ryan Kelly, Ph.D.
Technology Licensing Manager
626-471-9359
rykelly@coh.org

George Megaw, Ph.D.
Associate Director
626-301-8841
gmegaw@coh.org

 Center for Biomedicine & Genetics

David Hsu, Ph.D.
Director
626-256-HOPE (4673)
dhsu@coh.org

Matthew Luo, Ph.D.
Associate Director
626-256-HOPE (4673), ext. 64590
mluo@coh.org

Lara Ausubel, Ph.D.
Group Leader
626-256-HOPE (4673)

 Office of IND Development and Regulatory Affairs

Suenell Broyer, R.A.C.
Director
626-256-HOPE (4673)
sbroyer@coh.org

Kien Du
Regulatory Affairs Specialist II
626-256-HOPE (4673), ext. 68699
kdu@coh.org

Catherine Matsumoto
Regulatory Affairs Specialist I
626-256-HOPE (4673)
cmatsumoto@coh.org

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