From The Editor | December 17, 2015

Clinical Leader Expands Editorial Advisory Board

Ed Miseta

By Ed Miseta, Chief Editor, Clinical Leader

Clinical Leader Expands Editorial Advisory Board

Erie, PA – Clinical Leader, the pharmaceutical industry’s leading online resource for clinical trial analysis and opinion, is dedicated to streamlining the clinical research process by connecting trial sponsors with cutting edge service providers to speed medicines to patients. Our goal is to facilitate connections and improve collaborations by providing valuable information on CROs, sponsors, and advancements in clinical trials.

To ensure readers receive content that is timely and valuable, Clinical Leader relies on the feedback of pharma industry professionals and consultants to guide its focus and direction. The editorial advisory board, composed of consultants and executives from the pharmaceutical industry, helps guide the direction and focus of the site’s editorial content.

Clinical Leader is proud to announce that in 2015, seventeen distinguished industry executives were added to the board:

Beverly Harrison, Senior Director, Patient Support, Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson

Angie Maurer, RN, BSN, MBA, Principal, Maurer Consulting LLC.

Andrew Dahlem, VP, COO, Lilly Research Laboratories, Eli Lilly and Company

James J. Gillespie, CEO, Center for Healthcare Innovation

Abbe Steel, Founder and CEO, HealthiVibe, LLC.

Danya Burakoff, Senior Manager, Business Development & Client Engagement, The Avoca Group

Tina Shah, Physician and Health Services Researcher, Pulmonary and Critical Care, University of Chicago

John Lewis, Senior Vice President, Policy & Public Affairs, Assoc. of Clinical Research Organizations

Roslyn Schneider, Global Patient Affairs Lead, Pfizer Medical at Pfizer

Stephanie Petrone, Executive Director, Medical Operations, Novartis

Michael McKay, Associate Director, Operational Excellence, Shire Pharmaceuticals

Michael Harte, Founder & President, Harte Group

Dennis Earle, Director, Operational Portfolio Lead, Oncology, Bristol-Myers Squibb

Jeremy Gilbert, VP of Product and Strategy, PatientsLikeMe

Peter Schiemann, Managing Partner, Widler & Schiemann Ltd.

George Betts, Executive Director, Medical Affairs, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals

Anne White, VP, Portfolio Management, Eli Lilly and Company

The inaugural Clinical Leader editorial advisory board was launched in December 2014. The new members will join the following individuals, who were all a part of that initial board:

Lori Abrams, Director, Advocacy Diversity & Patient Engagement, Global Development Operations, Bristol-Myers Squibb

Moe Alsumidaie, President and Chief Scientific Officer, Annex Clinical

Glen Andrews, Asset Team Leader, Inlyta, Sutent, & Torisel, Pfizer Oncology

Suzanne Besaw, Senior Manager, Global Sourcing Alliance Management, R&D Sourcing/Procurement, Bayer HealthCare

Deirdre Bevard, VP Development Operations, Nektar Therapeutics

Trish Childers, Sourcing Manager, Research Procurement, Merck

Peter Covitz, Senior Director, Information Strategy & Analytics, Pfizer

Gregory J. Fiore, MD, Chief Medical Officer and Founder, SSI Strategy; President Fiore Healthcare Advisors LLC

Rashmi Gandhi, Director of Business Operations, Early Development and Translational Oncology Group, Pfizer Global R&D

Pam Garzone, Executive Director, Biotechnology and Clinical Development, Pfizer WRD

John P. Hall, President, Shore Research & Development

Michael Martorelli, Director, Fairmount Partners

Kirsten Morasco, President, KLM Consulting

Christine Pierre, Founder and President, Society for Clinical Research Sites

Johann Proeve, VP Global Strategy & Development Advisor, Bayer HealthCare

Charles Romano, Senior Director of Clinical Research, TissueTech, Inc.

Steven Sweeney, VP Clinical Development Operations, Annovation Biopharma

Craig Wozniak, Head, Americas Clinical Operations, GSK

Michael W. Young, Principal, biomedwoRx Life Sciences Consulting

Clinical Leader thanks all of these professionals for agreeing to serve and looks forward to working with all of these individuals to ensure published articles continue to provide readers with actionable information that will help make their companies and clinical trials more successful.

The entire editorial advisory board can be seen here.

For more information:

Ed Miseta, Chief Editor

(814) 897-7700 ext. 179

ed.miseta@lifescienceconnect.com