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Julie D. Suman, R.Ph., Ph.D.

Dr. Suman is a founder and president of Next Breath LLC and manages the contract research division that supports product development for North American and European clients in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device markets. She is registered pharmacist and a graduate of Duquesne University and University of Maryland with a B.S. and Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences. Currently, Dr. Suman is an adjunct assistant professor, University of Maryland, School of Pharmacy, Baltimore MD and a co-editor of the Proceedings for the Respiratory Drug Delivery Symposium.

Employment Experience

Prior to founding Next Breath, Dr. Suman's experience includes employment with PAREXEL's clinical pharmacology research unit as a clinical pharmacist consultant, research assistant at University of Maryland Department of Pharmaceutical Science, and an intern at Magellan Laboratories. Dr. Suman is also a licensed pharmacist with Walgreens Pharmacy.

Technical Competencies

• Core capabilities in formulation and device evaluation for nasal and pulmonary platforms.
• Competent in designing and implementing in-vitro tests and in-vivo studies for inhalation and nasal products.
• Technical and management skills include work on liquid dosage forms - their research, development and clinical testing.
• Well versed with GLPs, GCPs and Human Subjects Research.
• Organized and conducted patient studies. Wrote Institutional Review Board protocol, recruited and screened volunteers, trained volunteers, and coordinated nursing staff and analysis of biological samples.
• Instructor for Inhalation Aerosol Technology Workshop
• Organizer and instructor for the Nasal Spray Product Testing Workshop sponsored by Next Breath, InnovaSystems, Inc and Malvern Instruments

Publications

• J.D. Suman, Nasal Drug Delivery Meeting Highlights, Expert Opin. Biol. Ther. 3(3): 519-523 (2003).
• R. Dalby and J. Suman. Inhalation Therapy: Technological Milestones in Asthma Treatment, Adv. Drug Del. Rev. 55 (7): 779-791 (2003).
• J.D. Suman, B.L. Laube, T. Lin, G. Brouet, and R. Dalby. Relevance of In Vitro Tests of Nasal Solutions to Predict In Vivo Deposition. Pharm. Res. 19:1-6 (2002).
• J.D. Suman, B.L. Laube, and R. Dalby. Comparison of Nasal Deposition and Clearance of Aerosol Generated by a Nebulizer and Aqueous Spray Pump. Pharm. Res. 16: 1648-1652 (1999).
• J.D. Suman, B.L. Laube, and R. Dalby. Nasal Nebulizers Versus Aqueous Nasal Spray Pumps: A Comparison of Deposition Patterns in Human Volunteers. In Respiratory Drug Delivery VI, Interpharm Press, Inc., Buffalo Grove, IL, 1998, pp. 211-218.
• S. Somaraju, J.D. Suman, R. N. Dalby, and W.F. Stridick. Semi-Automated Spray Pattern Testing of Nasal Sprays. Pharm. Tech. 21: 58-64 (1997).

Presentations

• "Practical Applications for In Vitro Testing of Nasal Spray Pumps", presented at Practical Approaches for Nasal and Pulmonary Drug Delivery II, February 2004.
• "Developing Pulmonary Delivery Systems for Large Molecules, presented at Peptide and Oligonucleotide Technology Conference, May 2003.
• "In Vitro Tests on Nasal Delivery Systems-A Practical Guide," presented at Nasal Drug Delivery, March 2003.
• "Ensuring the Right Dose for Powder Inhalers," presented at Pharmaceutical Powder Processing, September 2002.
• "A Practical Guide to Performing In Vitro Tests on Nasal Delivery Systems," presented at Emerging Topics in Development of Pulmonary and Nasal Delivery Systems at the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists Annual Meeting and Exposition (AAPS), October 2000.
• "Are In Vitro Tests of Nasal Solutions Predictive of In Vivo Deposition?" presented at Respiratory Drug Delivery VII, May 2000.
• "Characterization of Aqueous Nasal Spray Pumps to Predict In Vivo Deposition" presented at the United States Pharmacopeia Fellowship Recognition Event, May 2000.
• "Nasal Nebulizers," presented at Nasal Delivery-Beyond Aqueous Spray Pumps, presented at the AAPS Nasal Delivery Roundtable, November 1998.
• "Nasal Clearance of Radiolabel in Human Volunteers: Nasal Nebulizers Versus Aqueous Nasal Spray Pumps," presented at an AAPS Graduate Symposia, November 1998.

Posters

• J.D. Suman, B.L. Laube, and R. Dalby. Documenting Nasal Bioequivalance from In Vitro Characteristics to Physiologic Response, presented at Respiratory Drug Delivery VIII, May 2002.
• J.D. Suman, B.L. Laube, T. Lin, G. Brouet, and R. Dalby. Searching for a Valid In Vitro-In Vivo Correlation for Nasal Bioequivalence, presented at AAPS, 2001.
• J.D. Suman, B.L. Laube, T. Lin, G. Brouet, and R. Dalby. In Vitro Performance Measurements of Aqueous Nasal Spray Pumps May Not Predict In Vivo Deposition Pattern, presented at AAPS, November 1999.
• J.D. Suman, B.L. Laube, and R. Dalby. Nasal Nebulizers Versus Aqueous Nasal Spray Pumps: A Comparison of in Vivo Deposition Patterns, presented at Philadelphia Pharmaceutical Forum, March 1998.
• S. Somaraju, J.D. Suman, R. Dalby, R. Fuchs, and W. Stridick. A Novel Semi-automated Method for Determination of Spray Patterns from Metered Dose Nasal Pumps, presented at Philadelphia Pharmaceutical Forum, March 1997.

Honors & Awards

• First recipient of the Student Research Award, presented by the International Society for Aerosols in Medicine, 2001
• United States Pharmacopeia Fellow, 1999-2000 & 2000-2001
• American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education (AFPE) Pre-doctoral Fellow, 1998, 1999 & 2000
• Graduate Student Merit Award, University of Maryland Graduate Student, 1998
• Phi Lambda Sigma-GlaxoWellcome-AFPE First Year Graduate Scholarship, 1996
• Excellence in Pharmacy Award, Mylan Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 1996
• Rho Chi Honor Society-recognizes pharmacy students in the top 10% of their class, 1994

Professional Activities

• Greater Baltimore Technology Council
• Inhalation Aerosol Technology Focus Group
• Nasal Drug Delivery Focus Group
• American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists
• Inner Circle-peer group for business owners