Cara R. Fiore, PhD
Senior Regulatory Scientist, Product Jurisdiction Administrator
United States Food and Drug Administration
Silver Spring, MD
Dr Fiore has been a Senior Regulatory Reviewer and Microbiologist in vaccines and live biotherapeutic products (LBPs) at the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) since 2007. She has extensive regulatory and scientific experience in human vaccines and LBPs. In July 2024, Dr Fiore was promoted to Product Jurisdiction General Health Administrator in the Center Director’s Office in CBER where she continues to focus on regulation of vaccines, LBPs, and other products regulated by CBER. Dr Fiore is active in several agency-, federal government-, and worldwide working groups regarding regulation of CBER products and frequently interfaces with external stakeholders on behalf of CBER. Prior to joining the FDA, Dr Fiore was a Senior Scientist at the Office of Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) in the Department of Health and Human Service (DHHS). She was a Senior Scientist in Fermentation and Purification Vaccine Development at Nabi Biopharmaceuticals. Dr Fiore received her PhD from the School of Medicine, University of Maryland Baltimore in vaccine development. She received a BS Biology and a BA Anthropology from Tulane University prior to entering graduate school.
(Updated July 18, 2024)