ACRO's Good Clinical Podcast

ACRO’s Good Clinical Podcast is back! This week, Stacy Hurt, Chief Patient Officer at Parexel, and Alicia Staley, Vice President, Patient Engagement at Medidata joined the podcast to discuss how we can turn patient centricity from “buzz words” to action. They discuss how their own experiences as patients have informed their approach to clinical research and the important role that an upstream pati...

ACRO’s Good Clinical Podcast is back with bonus episode! Host Sophia McLeod sat down with Tafoya Hubbard (ACRO Site Resource Grants Program Manager) and Kristin Surdam (ACRO D&I Steering Committee Member) to discuss ACRO’s new D&I Site Resource Grants Program. They provide background on the goals of the program and what sites need to know when applying for grants.

On this episode of ACRO’s Good Clinical Podcast, host Sophia McLeod is joined by Cyndi Verst (President, R&DS Design & Delivery Innovation, IQVIA) and Peyton Howell (Chief Operating & Growth Officer, Parexel). Peyton and Cyndi sat down to discuss the changes they have seen in the representation of women in clinical research throughout their careers, from trial participation to the boar...

On this episode of ACRO’s Good Clinical Podcast, host Sophia McLeod sat down with Kimberly Richardson (Patient Advocate & Founder, Black Cancer Collaborative) to talk about what is still missing from conversations about diversity, equity, and inclusion in drug development. Kimberly shares her own experiences as a patient and a patient advocate, and how that has impacted her approach to diversi...

On this episode of ACRO’s Good Clinical Podcast, host Sophia McLeod is joined by Lisa Moneymaker (Chief Technology Officer & Chief Product Officer, Saama Technologies) and Stephen Pyke (Chief Digital & Data Officer, EVP Clinical Data & Digital Services, Parexel). Lisa and Stephen dive into how AI and ML are currently being used in the clinical research industry and opportunities for fu...

On this episode of ACRO’s Good Clinical Podcast, host Sophia McLeod is joined by Lord James O’Shaughnessy (Co-Founder & Senior Partner, Newmarket Strategy), Alistair MacDonald (Operating Partner, GHO Capital Partners), and Leona Fitzgerald (Executive Director, Regulatory Affairs, PPD, part of Thermo Fisher Scientific). Building off Lord O’Shaughnessy’s Report on Clinical Trials in the UK, list...

On this episode of ACRO’s Good Clinical Podcast, host Sophia McLeod of ACRO is joined by Jackie Kent (Executive Industry Advisor) and Catherine Gregor (Chief Clinical Trial Officer, Florence Healthcare). They sat down to discuss their own experiences as women working in the clinical research industry and areas in which the industry needs to continue to grow to better promote representation. Cather...