Dr. Mansi has more than 25 years of experience in Medical Affairs during which time he has been involved with the development and introduction of over 8 novel vaccines. His work is focused on addressing knowledge and data gaps towards supporting evidence-based clinical and public health decision making. James has served as the Vice President US Medical Affairs for Moderna since early 2021. Prior to joining Moderna, James served with Seqirus where he spearheaded the development of Seqirus’ real world evidence (RWE) program and the creation of the Centre for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (CORE). He was previously the Global Medical Lead, Medical Affairs at Seqirus and prior to that, Head, Global Medical Affairs for Novartis Influenza Vaccines. Prior to Novartis, James spent 13 years at Merck where he held a variety of leadership roles culminating as the Regional Director Medical Affairs (Central Eastern Europe, Middle-East, Africa, and Canada). James completed his doctoral studies in physiology/endocrinology at Université Laval in Québec City, Canada.