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Sherman Hom, PhD (he/him/his)

Director of Regulatory Affairs
Medicinal Genomics Corporation, Massachusetts, United States

Dr. Sherman Hom (PhD) is the Director of Regulatory Affairs at Medicinal Genomics Corporation (MGC) that markets genetics-based cannabis tests and breeding technologies. At MGC, Sherman provides recommendations to cannabis regulatory officials that are tasked with either drafting or modifying cannabis, hemp, and psychedelic mushroom microbial testing regulations to ensure safe products for patients and consumers. He is a member of the AOAC Cannabis Science Program Microbial Contamination Working Group, ASTM International D37 Cannabis Committee Laboratory Testing Committee, National Cannabis Laboratory Council Data Collection Group, Association of Food and Drug Officials Cannabis Committee, and the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Cannabis Cannabis Science and Policy Forum. Before MGC, he was at the New Jersey Department of Health, Division of Public Health & Environmental Laboratories (PHEL) for 21 years as a Program Manager of various clinical diagnostic testing units, which included the Cannabis Laboratory Microbial Testing Laboratory. He received his B.A in Biology from the University of California at San Diego, PhD in Microbiology from the University of California at Davis, and was a Postdoctoral Fellow in Molecular Microbiology at The John Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD).

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