Interview: An interview with Lawrence Lesko for Personalized Medicine

Lawrence Lesko speaks to Sarah Miller, Commissioning Editor Lawrence Lesko currently serves as Professor of Pharmaceutics and Director of the Center for Pharmacometrics and Systems Pharmacology at the University of Florida College of Pharmacy at Lake Nona in Orlando (FL, USA). This appointment followed his retirement in July 2011 after 16 years as Director of the Office of Clinical Pharmacology in the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research at the US FDA. While at the FDA, Lesko led the advancement of personalized medicine, through the update of existing drug labels with new genetic information and the development of the Voluntary Genomic Data Submission Program. Lesko has published more than 200 peer-reviewed manuscripts, is a frequent invited national and international speaker, and is the recipient of multiple awards for his achievements relating to clinical pharmacology and personalized medicine.