John S. Graham, PhD, MBA
Chief Science Officer
John S. Graham retired (2019) from his executive role at the FDA where he was the Director of the Office of Research in the FDA’s Center for Veterinary Medicine. He joined the FDA in 2013 following a 33-year career in DoD where he was the Director of Research (DoR) at the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD. He was an adjunct faculty member in the Division of Nursing, Allied Health & Sciences at Harford Community College, Bel Air, MD from 2002-2005.
Dr. Graham spent 15 years conducting research on wound healing of burns induced by the blistering chemical warfare agent sulfur mustard, authored or co-authored numerous publications and book chapters, and gave numerous platform presentations globally.
Dr. Graham is the recipient of many scientific awards including the FDA Award of Merit (2019), the Department of the Army Research & Development Achievement Award for Technical Excellence (2003), the Silver Award from the Excellence in Federal Career Awards Program for Outstanding Community Service (2004), Third Place at the Graduate Student Symposium, D.C. Chapter of the Society for Experimental Biology & Medicine, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D.C. (2001), and the Quantimet Fisher Award from Leica Cambridge Ltd., Cambridge, U.K. (1993).
Dr. Graham received a B.S. degree in biological sciences from Drexel University, a Ph.D. in toxicology from the University of Maryland School of Medicine, and an M.B.A. from the University of Phoenix’s College of Graduate Business and Management in 2009. He was a diplomate of the American Board of Toxicology from 2006-2020.
