Christopher-Paul Milne, DVM, MPH, JD

Formerly a practicing veterinarian in New Jersey and Maryland, Dr. Milne also attended Johns Hopkins University where he earned a master’s degree in public health with a concentration in epidemiology and health statistics. For six years, he worked for the New Jersey Department of Health, initially as a researcher in health risk assessment, later in legislative and regulatory review as Manager of the Public Response Program, and finally as Emergency Response Coordinator. In 1997, Dr. Milne graduated from law school at the Franklin Pierce Law Center in Concord, New Hampshire, where he studied environmental and health law.

Dr. Milne joined the Center in 1998 as a Senior Research Fellow in order to address legal and regulatory issues that affect the research and development of new drugs and biologicals. His current research interests include: challenges to the R&D of new medicines; incentive programs for pediatric studies; issues related to the R&D of treatments for serious and life-threatening illnesses (fast track diseases), rare disorders and conditions (orphan diseases), and neglected diseases of the developing world; and, trends in FDA regulatory and policy initiatives such as the Critical Path and the voluntary genomics data submission program. Dr. Milne has lectured and published widely on these topics. Dr. Milne is currently Assistant Director of the Tufts CSDD and a licensed attorney in New Hampshire.