Professor
University of Maryland
Professor Stephen W. Hoag received a Ph.D. in Pharmaceutics from the University of Minnesota and a B.S. in Biochemistry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is the Director of the University of Maryland, School of Pharmacy GMP facility, overseeing quality assurance (QA), quality control (QC) and production. Dr. Hoag has 25 plus years of experience in drug development and pharmaceutical manufacturing research, and he has been the director of the GMP facility since 2008. In addition to his academic experience, he has worked for the World Health Organization, 3M Pharmaceuticals, and Abbott Laboratories. His primary research interests are tablet compaction, excipient functionality and the formulation of amorphous solid dispersions, pediatric dosage form development, controlled release polymers, formulation of nutritional supplements, botanical products and NIR spectroscopy applications in PAT. Dr. Hoag is a member of NIPTE, USP Counsel of Experts, Steering Committee for the Handbook of Pharmaceutical Excipients, the editorial board of the journal of Pharmaceutical Development Technology and an AAPS Fellow.