SCRS Talks

Jackie Kent, Chief Customer Officer at Medidata , a Dassault Systèmes company, shares background on the SCRS Diversity Awareness Program and takeaways from hosting diversity-focused discussions with sites, patients, and industry partners. What strategies are working, and what can we expect next to ensure better diversity in clinical trials? Listen to this episode to learn more and be sure to join...

What does receiving the SCRS Eagle Award mean for the clinical research industry and the organizations that receive it? SCRS sits down with Liz Rogers, Vice President, Head of Global Site and Study Operations at Pfizer , the 2021 Eagle Award recipient, to hear what receiving the award means to Pfizer. Rogers also shares some insight into what Pfizer will be working on over the next year and a spec...

Supporting site sustainability is the #1 priority for SCRS and its Global Impact Partners . Silvina Baudino, Director, Site Engagement, shares why Teckro recently became an SCRS Global Impact Partner, and some initiatives their organization is working on that will impact clinical research sites. Learn more about Teckro and what this new relationship means for SCRS and its site community!

Rodrigo Garcia, MD, MS, Vice President of Patient Solutions at PPD , part of Thermo Fisher Scientific, sits down with SCRS to discuss what receiving the 2021 Eagle Award means to PPD and the industry, some takeaways from the 2021 Global Site Solutions Summit, and a preview from what to expect from PPD over the next few years. Learn more about the SCRS Eagle Awards: https://sitesolutionssummit.com/

Sandy Smith, Senior Vice President of Clinical Solutions and Strategic Partnering at WCG Clinical and SCRS Global Oncology Summit Chair shares what she is most excited about for this year's Oncology Summit, including some of the hot topics we will cover at the Summit. Learn what attendees can expect from the Summit and how to maximize your experience! Learn more about the Global Oncology Summ...

Meet SCRS' new Honorary President, David Vulcano, as we discuss what this new role means to him and SCRS. David shares his vision for the future of our organization and the clinical research industry as we look ahead to SCRS initiatives for 2022.

Tune in as Steven Geller, PhD, Medical Director at Centennial Medical Group, shows you the patient recruitment strategy that earned the 2021 SCRS Site Patient Recruitment Innovation Award (SPRIA), which celebrates one site that has demonstrated innovation in its patient enrollment. Dr. Geller also shares insights on industry recruitment challenges and how sites can achieve and exceed enrollment go...

What does it mean for sites to be patient-centric? Learn from Ellen Price, Director of Patient Engagement at Meridian Clinical Research, the recipient of the 2021 Excellence in Patient Centricity Award. Ellen walks us through the programs that grew her organization despite the challenges of COVID-19 and how other sites can establish consistent patient-centric practices. Learn more about the SCRS E...

The Christine K. Pierre Site Impact Award recognizes an industry leader who has made tremendous contributions to the site community through their dedication, actions and innovation. They exemplify the mission of SCRS to unify the voice of the global clinical research site community for greater site sustainability and uphold the pillars of SCRS by supporting the education, advocacy, mentorship and...

We sit down with Stacey Bledsoe, the Advisor for Clinical Trial Diversity at Eli Lilly and Company (Lilly) to talk about what is being done in the industry to advance diversity in clinical trials. Stacey touches specifically on some of the work Lilly is doing, as well as diving specifically into the Oncology therapeutic area. The needs of this community are different, yet just as important as othe...

Kay Scroggins, President and CEO of Clinical Trials of Texas and the SCRS 2021 Global Site Solutions Summit chair shares what she is most excited about for this year’s Global Summit in Hollywood, Florida. Tune in as we discuss can’t-miss sessions and how attendees can maximize their experience at the Summit.

The importance of diversity in clinical research has been a hot topic in the industry for many years. Led by Diana Foster, SCRS’ Vice President of Special Projects and Strategy, SCRS established its Diversity Awareness Program in 2016 and has developed several tools to further this important industry initiative. In this episode, Foster also discusses the program's newest accomplishment, the D...

Each year at the Global Site Solutions Summit, SCRS selects the Site Patient Recruitment Innovation Award (SPRIA) and Site Tank award winners. Hear from last year's recipients, Clinical Trials of Texas and Accelerated Enrollment Solutions (AES), respectively, as they reflect on what receiving these awards has done for their site, how they have tackled the challenges 2020 presented, and what t...

SCRS has an exciting Asia-Pacific Site Solutions Summit planned for July 13-14, 2021! Although we cannot be together in person down in Melbourne, Australia, our virtual experience will provide two days full of interactive and informative sessions. Tam C. Nguyen, FRSPH, FAIM, F. AustRMS, PhD, MBA, and Summit Chair for the 2021 SCRS Asia-Pac Site Solutions Summit, shares why you should consider join...

Clinical Trials Day is a special occasion for SCRS. This year, we took time to reflect on what being part of this important work means to us and the tremendous challenge that our industry overcame in 2020 and early 2021. When we stopped to think of truly inspiring and innovative progress that was made in spite of these challenges Pfizer was the first organization that came to mind. We had the oppo...

The 2021 European Site Solutions Summit is upon us! SCRS has some world-class content planned for this year’s summit, being held as a virtual experience April 20, 21, and 22nd. We sat down with Vivienne van de Walle, the European Site Solutions Summit program chair and the Owner and Medical Director at PT&R, a site in the Netherlands to learn about what this upcoming summit has to offer attend...

The 2021 Global Oncology Site Solutions Summit, Virtual Experience will be one to remember. Although we can't be together in person this year, SCRS is showcasing some great content this year that will help the Oncology community take their work to the next level. Hear from the SCRS Oncology program chair, Archana Sah as she teases some of the great content taking place at this year's Onc...

"Innovation" is a term often used to describe many things, particularly in the clinical research space. Our industry's need for meaningful innovation has never been more apparent than it is right now. We sit down with Craig Lipset, the Managing Partner of Clinical Innovation Partners and Assistant Professor of Health Informatics at Rutgers University to discuss what innovation looks...

Understanding the nuances and proper tactics for negotiating a budget with a clinical research trial pharmaceutical sponsor could be considered an art to some. We sit down with Dawn Pittinger at BioOptronics to discuss and learn where the current state of negotiating with a sponsor is in today's rapidly changing world, as well as tactics that can be employed to help assure success at the rese...

Recruiting clinical research patients is often times a tremendous challenge for a site. In the era of COVID-19, this problem has only grown more difficult to manage. Matt Miller, President of StudyKik discusses what these challenges are and how they are different in our current environment as well as ways to overcome those unique challenges. It is critically important to understand how recruitment...

For years, sites have been talking about and navigating through traditional remote site monitoring, where a Clinical Research Associate (CRA) from a Sponsor or CRO performs monitoring activities remotely, over the phone and via email to reduce trips to the site. However, in the age of decentralized trials companies have pioneered a new ways to effectively monitor sites remotely. In comes VirtualPr...

As many in the clinical research industry adopt work-from-home policies in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, it is a critical time to consider the cyber security of your work. There are people out there looking for opportunities to take advantage of the situation and are attempting to hack our computers and access business data. It is important that businesses consider cyber insurance as added pr...

In terms of the service the site provides to the sponsor of a study, regulatory work is of utmost importance -- and many times a defining factor of service quality overall. Especially in the time of COVID, regulatory teams are burdened with figuring out how to make sure this critical work is done and done well even when everyone involved is not in the same room. But, many regulatory teams have fig...

Oncology trials present a unique challenge in the clinical research space, particularly when it comes to patient recruitment. The identification windows are narrow, yet participation in precision trials can have life saving options for many patients with an unfortunate diagnosis. The CEO and Co-Founder of Deep Lens, Dave Billiter talks with us about how this recruitment is such a challenge and wha...

Decentralized clinical trials in a post COVID-19 world are undoubtedly here to stay. Recent events have had a drastic effect that is likely lasting as it relates to trials at the site levels. This can be a positive thing. Much of what sites can do now is prepare for this new future and VirTrial's Senior Vice President of Business Development, Amanda Rangel talks with us about just that. There...