Sheiner Lecture Series | Encore Lecture and Table Talk with Bill Gillespie

William (Bill) R. Gillespie is a Senior Science Advisor at Metrum Research Group. He joined Metrum RG in 2007 as Vice President for Strategic Modeling & Simulation. For over 35 years Bill has been involved in the development and application of pharmacometric methodology for enhancing drug treatment, development and regulation. Since the late 1990’s Bill’s efforts have concentrated on the use of Bayesian modeling and simulation to optimize decision-making in clinical drug development and treatment. He seeks to make Bayesian modeling and simulation methods more accessible via training programs and development of software tools. 

Bill received his B.S. in Pharmacy from Wayne State University (1976), a M.S. in Pharmacy from The University of Michigan (1980) and a Ph.D. in Pharmacy from The University of Iowa (1987). From 1980 to 1984, Bill was a Medical Research Associate with the Biopharmaceutics Unit of The Upjohn Company. From 1987 to 1993, he was Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutics at The University of Texas at Austin, College of Pharmacy. In 1993 he joined the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration where he served as the Associate Director for Scientific Affairs, Office of Clinical Pharmacology and Biopharmaceutics. From 1997 to 1999 he was the Vice President for Pharmacokinetic Research and Development at GloboMax LLC. He then joined the Pharsight Corporation as a Senior Scientific Consultant from 1999 to 2007.