Podcasts

Dr. Shalaan Beg, VP of Oncology for Science 37, discusses his approach to reducing the time to trial activation at an NCI designated cancer center, how to ensure a diverse representation in clinical trials, and his opinion on decentralized and hybrid trials.

The Oncologist: Patient Conversation Must Include Clinical Trials

Christine McSherry, CEO of Casimir and Mindy Leffler, President and Chairman of Casimir, now a part of CRO Emmes, discuss their path to true patient focused drug development based on their experiences raising sons with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD). By understanding early and actual measurable endpoints that matter to DMD patients and caregivers, and providing PROs that can capture data that matters, the women hope to influence other diseases and the quality of life for people that have very little time to waste.

Pioneers in Patient Data Capture

Dr. Ian Smith MBE MB ChB.B MedSc(Hons), Founder, Director and Chief Medical Officer of Panthera Biopartners, and Chris Dodd, the company's Chief Commercial Officer, discuss the evolution of the Site Management Organization and Panthera Biopartners, how clinical trials remain mired in underperformance and difficulties, and hybrid trial advancements.

SMO, A Model Sustained By Necessity

Praduman “PJ” Jain, CEO & Founder, Vibrent Health; Principal Investigator, NIH All of Us Research Program, Participant Technology Systems Center; Principal Investigator, NIH RADx Program, discusses his involvement in the NIH All of Us program, digital health research tools, and more.

Meeting People Where They Are

Otis Johnson, PhD, Vice President, Product Line Executive; Chief Diversity, Inclusion and Sustainability Officer, at Clario discusses key changes in the industry that have had the greatest impact, Clario’s first ESG report, and how DE&I initiatives will evolve.

Breaking Barriers Inside and Outside of Clinical Trials

Catharine Grimes, Senior Director, Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation, discusses the goal to increase diversity in clinical trials through the BMS Foundation Diversity in Clinical Trials Career Development Award Program, the Foundation's Global Cancer Disparities Initiative, and more.

Diversity in Clinical Trials—It Takes a Village

Kuldeep Singh Rajput, CEO and founder of Biofourmis, with over 10 years of experience in the biomedical space continues to work alongside a previous guest of the ACT Podcast, Jyadev Thakkar, on electronic and biosensing research and products, including wearable solutions and biosignal analytics for cardiac health monitoring.

Linking Healthcare and Clinical Trials with Sensors

Mike Keens, VP of Operations at Anju Software, offers his insights into the current state of decentralized trials, the state of clinical trials technology and the near-future skill sets for clinical trials professionals.

Hope, Hype, Happening: Our Current Era of Clinical Trials

Ardy Arianpour, Founder and CEO of Seqster, discusses his experience launching and establishing a company’s presence through COVID, acceptance of digital and data use in the industry, and recently joining the DTRA.


Interoperability At Work

Dr. Salim Idriss, Executive co-director of the Duke Pediatric and Congenital Heart Center & director of pediatric electrophysiology at Duke University Medical Center discusses a collaboration with the Cardiac Safety Research Consortium (CSRC), the FDA, and Duke University Medical school.

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