Y.C Lee, Ph.D. – Project Lead and Executive Management
Dr. Y.C. Lee is the founder and Managing Director of C2C HealthCare Inc. (www.C2CHealthCare.ca) and Concept 2 Clinic Inc.
Yue Chen, M.Sc. – Vice President, Quality
Yue is the Principal Scientist/Business Development Executives of Concept2Clinic Inc. (C2C). She has more than 17 years of extensive pharmaceutical product development and project management experience.
Neel Shah, MD, RAC – Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
Neel Shah has a diverse professional background that began in academia, where he earned his MD in Pharmacology in 2015. His education included a focus on clinical research, biotechnology, and toxicology, leading to various publications and earned him a gold medal. From 2015 to 2018, he shifted to medico-marketing in Mumbai, working with both local and multinational companies, such as Abbott.
Padmaja Nipanikar-Gokhale, Ph.D – Regulatory Affairs
Dr Padmaja has a Ph.D in Molecular Biology with a strong background in Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology industries. She worked as a Molecular Biology and Quality Assurance Scientist for more than 10 years and published many research papers in peer reviewed journals.
Austin Freedman, B. Pharm. (Hons). MRPharmS – CMC & QA Specialist
Austin Freedman has extensive and varied experience in Industrial Pharmacy, Pharmaceutics, Pharmaceutical R&D and Technology Transfer project leadership in the UK and Canada. Austin’s accomplishments in technical project leadership are complemented by his skills in business management with P&L accountability, client relationship management and organizational & operational development.
Bert DeSousa, M.Sc. – Clinical Director
Bert brings about 20 years of experience in both preclinical and clinical research. Bert earned his undergraduate degree from Queen’s University and graduate degree from the University of Toronto in behavioural pharmacology.
Jonathan W Kirkwood, B.Sc. – Regulatory Affair & Quality
Mr. Kirkwood, has over 20 years experience serving the healthcare industry in the areas of Regulatory Affairs. He has held numerous senior management positions in Regulatory Affairs.
Mary Mazur-Melnyk, Ph.D. – Quality/Regulatory
Dr. Mazur-Melnyk is focused on serving the healthcare industry in the areas of Quality/Regulatory Systems, and Process Transfer and Validation/Scale-Up. She specializes in the areas of Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices (all Classes in FDA, Canadian, Australian and EU environments), Vaccines, In Vitro Diagnostics, Dental Healthcare Products, Disinfectant Drugs and Non-Clinical and Clinical Operations (Bioanalytical and Analytical Testing).

