Leslie Landree, PhD
FDA, Silver Spring, Maryland

Leslie Landree, Ph.D. is the diabetes team leader in the Division of Chemistry and Toxicology Devices in the Center for Devices and Radiological Health at the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).  Leslie has been at the FDA for nine years where she has been involved in premarket submissions submitted to the Agency for U.S. marketing clearance and approval, post market regulatory compliance actions, and providing assistance to stakeholders.  Leslie currently works primarily on devices that are related to the diagnosis and monitoring of diabetes.  Prior to working at the FDA Leslie obtained her doctorate degree Biochemistry from Baylor College of Medicine in 2000, completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine after which she later became Research Associate and Section Head of In Vitro Studies for The Center for Metabolism and Obesity Research.