Presenter

Rachel Poker is the Director and Head of Human Factors Engineering and Product Design Usability at Gilead, where she has responsibilities leading the incorporation of human factors and a patient- and user-centric mindset from early stage technology development to support for on market products. She previously has held roles at AstraZeneca, Genentech, CR Bard, Lutonix, and OakRiver Technology.

With 19 years in both device and drug-led combination products across a range of roles in R&D, her experience includes parenteral, inhalation, and ocular drug delivery devices, connected device technologies, and vascular intervention products.

Rachel has a bachelors in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Minnesota and has received PMP certification from the Project Management Institute.