John Vahle

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John L. Vahle, D.V.M., Ph.D., Diplomate ACVP

Senior Research Fellow, Lilly Research Laboratories, Toxicology and Pathology

Dr. Vahle received his veterinary medical degree from the University of Missouri in 1988 and his doctorate in veterinary pathology from Iowa State University in 1996.  He became a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Pathologists in 1995 and joined Lilly as a senior pathologist in 1996.  He currently serves as a Senior Research Fellow at Lilly.

John has over 30 years of experience in pathology and toxicology and has served in a variety of roles including study pathologist, project pathologist, toxicology project leader, and regulatory toxicology advisor.  John’s interests include carcinogenicity assessments, toxicologic pathology of biotherapeutics, nonclinical safety assessment of peptides, and bone and endocrine toxicology and pathology.  Dr. Vahle is active in various professional societies and consortia and is current chair of the EFPIA preclinical expert group, a past Councilor of the STP, past Chair of the BioSafe Organization, and a member of the steering committee for the international toxicologic pathology nomenclature initiative, INHAND.  Based on his experience in carcinogenicity testing, John served as a member of the ICH S1B Expert Working Group which revised carcinogenicity testing paradigms for pharmaceuticals.