CDR Thompson is a Division Director in the Office of Human and Animal Drug Inspectorate (OHADI), Division 2, within the Office of Inspections and Investigations (OII) in the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). He is responsible for pharmaceutical quality inspections and investigations, working in conjunction with FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation & Research and the Center for Veterinary Medicine. He has 18 years of inspectional experience with the FDA. Prior to working for the FDA, he was a Senior Research Scientist for a contract research organization. CDR Chad Thompson has a Masters in Chemistry from the University of Albany and a Bachelors in Chemistry from Gardner-Webb University.