Steven M. Niemi
Life Member
Member Since: 2003

Professional Bio
With over 40 years’ experience in biomedical research and commercial biotechnology, I have held senior management positions in contract drug and device development, biotech start-ups in human gene therapy and food animal genomics, and laboratory animal care and assurance. I am a Diplomate and past president of the American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine and served on numerous boards and national task forces addressing medical product development and laboratory animal welfare. I earned an AB with a concentration in Biology from Harvard College, a DVM from Washington State University, and received a US Public Health Service National Research Service Award while a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. I completed the Program for Management Development at the Harvard Business School in 1991 and was a 2019-2020 Visiting Fellow in the Animal Law & Policy Program at Harvard Law School. I was most recently Attending Veterinarian and Director, Animal Science Center, Boston University and retain an active appointment as Adjunct Professor, Department of Comparative Pathobiology, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University.

Languages Spoken
English