Site Management/Investigator Payments Featured Articles

  1. Funding Diversity Where It Starts — At The Site 11/3/2025

    After crossing paths with retired family physician and researcher Dr. Bryce Palchick at two conferences, I learned about ACRO’s new Diversity & Inclusion Site Resource Grants Program — an effort funding community sites like Bryce’s to make trial diversity more than a buzzword by supporting real, grassroots engagement.

  2. Clinical Trials At A Crossroads 10/22/2025

    At DPHARM 2025, McKinsey’s Gaurav Agrawal warned that while clinical science is accelerating, trial operations aren’t keeping pace. He outlined a vision for 2035 built on scaling AI, expanding site ecosystems, and bringing trials closer to everyday patient care.

  3. We Need Communication Beyond The "Blah, Blah, Blah" 10/20/2025

    Miscommunication can derail clinical trials and lengthen study timelines. Discover how to improve communication among sponsors, CROs, and sites, and thus run more effective clinical trials.

  4. 100% U.S. Drug Tariffs: Implications For Pharma And Outsourcing 10/17/2025

    Research Manager Mathini Ilancheran explores the effects of U.S. drug tariffs on global supply chains, multinational pharma firms, and critical partners across drug development.

  5. Oncology PI Shares Lessons Learned And Successes Working With Basic Scientists 10/9/2025

    Ranee Mehra, MD, shares her successes and discusses how they shape her approach to future research, as well as details the importance of working closely with basic scientists.

  6. A New Site With An Old Truth: Access Is Everything 10/8/2025

    Just two months after launching RASAI Research in Jackson Heights, NY, Dr. Ammara Mushtaq is proving that clinical trials work best when they’re built into the fabric of the community — and when we stop losing “one-and-done” physician investigators.

  7. Post-Trial Access: Compliance Lessons Hidden In Plain Sight 10/8/2025

    What happens when the trial ends and the investigational product is no longer available? Edye T. Edens, JD, MA, CIP, CCRP, talks through the answer.

  8. What Sites Wish Tech Vendors (And Sponsors) Heard At SCDM But Probably Didn't 10/8/2025

    During a Society for Clinical Data Management (SCDM) panel discussion, three site-side representatives discussed the challenges clinical research coordinators have executing their clinical duties amid increasingly complex data entry demands.

  9. My Unexpected Takeaways From The SCRS Conference 10/3/2025

    Some people complain about the cost of conferences compared to what they get out of them. A common complaint is these events are just full of the same people and the same problems are being discussed with no real solutions. I’d argue, though, that not all conferences — at least not SCRS 2025 — are created equal.

  10. Maintaining Trust Between Clinical Researchers And Communities Requires Commitment & Candor 10/3/2025

    FasterCure leaders Amanda Wagner Gee, Lisa Lewis, and Esther Krofah contend that to maintain and build trust with communities, particularly those of need, more commitment and greater candor are needed.