Dietary Supplement Quality

With about 3/4 of American adults taking dietary supplements, it is critical to have adequate testing to confirm that dietary supplements consistently meet quality standards for identity, strength, composition and contaminant limits. In this webinar, Virginia (Kit) Goldman, Ph.D. from the USP will share USP resources to support dietary supplement quality. Then Jinchuan Yang, Ph.D. from Waters Corporation will discuss modern analytical tools that can enhance dietary supplement testing. A case study will highlight how to increase throughput and reduce solvent waste with the modernization of the USP Melatonin monograph assay and impurity LC methods. A panel discussion will follow.

Key Learning Objectives

• Learn about USP Resources to support Dietary Supplement Quality
• Modernize LC methods for dietary supplement testing and reduce operation cost

Who Should Attend

Analytical scientists and lab managers with an interest in enhancing the quality of dietary supplements

Presenter: Virginia (Kit) S. Goldman, Ph.D. (Senior Director, Dietary Supplements and Herbal Medicines, US Pharmacopeia)

Virginia (Kit) S. Goldman, Ph.D. is Senior Director of Dietary Supplements and Herbal Medicines at the US Pharmacopeia. She leads the Dietary Supplement and Herbal Medicine team responsible for developing quality standards for ingredients and products such as probiotics, proteins, botanicals, vitamins and minerals, oils, and small molecules.

Kit began her career in the division of Agricultural Research at Eli Lilly/DowElanco. Since then she has worked in basic research, new product development, commercialization, technical product support, manufacturing, and supply chain.

Kit received her B.S. in Botany from Duke University, and her Ph.D., in Botany from The University of Michigan.

Presenter: Jinchuan Yang, PhD (Principal Scientist, Waters Corporation)

Dr. Jinchuan Yang is a Principal Scientist Waters Corporation, and a subject matter expert in food and environmental applications, polymer chromatography, and LC and MS technologies. Since he joined Waters in 2002, his roles at Waters have mainly focused on application development, market development, and support for R&D and training. He is an active participant in technical stakeholder groups at AOAC International and USP, serving as an expert panel member in AOAC SPIFAN and participating in review, recommendation and muti-lab testing of AOAC methods.

Presenter: Chantel Lee (Product Marketing Manager, Small Molecule Core Solutions – QAQC, Waters Corporation)

Chantel is a Principal Product Marketing Manager at Waters Corporation, where she manages marketing strategies and initiatives for HPLC products. She brings over ten years of experience in analytical chemistry, specializing in chromatography and Empower software and supporting customers from pharmaceutical, food, and chemical industries. Since joining Waters in 2017, Chantel has progressed through roles in technical support, business development, and marketing. She holds an MBA from Boston University along with an MSc in Analytical Chemistry from the University of Alberta, Canada.