Research Fellow
AbbVie Inc.
Yi Gao is currently a Research Fellow at Formulation Sciences, Development Sciences, R&D, AbbVie, Inc. She leads a group of formulation scientists focusing on developing clinical formulations for small molecular drug candidates. Yi Gao earned her B.S. and M.S in Pharmacy from China Pharmaceutical University and her Ph.D. in Chemistry from Loyola University Chicago. She joined Abbott/AbbVie in 1992. During her 31-year tenure with Abbott/AbbVie, Yi has pursued her interests in research frontiers of improving solubility, dissolution, and bioavailability of drug products, in particular by applying amorphous solid dispersions and lipid-based drug delivery systems. She is an inventor and co-inventor of over 60 granted patents and patent applications; has authored and co-authored 43 research papers and book chapters; and given 20 invited speeches and graduate course lectures. Yi currently serves as Editorial Advisory Board for Molecular Pharmaceutics. She co-authored a paper that won the 2012 AAPS Pharmaceutical Research Meritorious Manuscript Award. In 2015 and 2018, three of her publications were honored by the Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences as the “Most Original and Most Significant Scientific Findings.” In 2023, a paper of hers was selected as Featured Articles in the Raj Suryanarayanan Dedicated Issue of Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences.