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SPEAKERS
Keynote:
![]() Dr. David Fajgenbaum |
Keynote:
![]() Agustín Fuentes, PhD |
Presenters & Panelists:
![Lori Abrams](https://www.theavocagroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Lori-Abrams.png)
Lori Abrams
Vice President, Patient Advocacy & Clinical Research Diversity
WCG Clinical
![Leslie Addy](https://www.theavocagroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Leslie-Addy.png)
Leslie Addy
Director, Innovation & Decentralized Clinical Trials
Amgen
![Denise Calaprice, PhD](https://www.theavocagroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Denise_Calaprice-circle.png)
Denise Calaprice, PhD
Senior Consultant
WCG Avoca
![Steve Clemons](https://www.theavocagroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Steve-Clemons.png)
Steve Clemons
Senior Vice President, Client Delivery
Velocity Clinical Research
![Jon Corle](https://www.theavocagroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Jonathan-Corle.png)
Jon Corle
Caregiver & Patient Advocate
![Billy Dirkes](https://www.theavocagroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Billy-Dirkes.png)
Billy Dirkes
Vice President
PPD and AES Quality Assurance
![Patrick Floody](https://www.theavocagroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Patrick-Floody.png)
Patrick Floody
Head of Global Clinical Trial Services
Regeneron
![Ken Getz](https://www.theavocagroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Ken-Getz-2019-Tufts-circle.png)
Ken Getz
Director and Professor, Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development, Tufts University School of Medicine; Founder and Board Chair, CISCRP
![Jill Heinz](https://www.theavocagroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Jill-Heinz.png)
Jill Heinz
President
Injury Care Research & Family Care Research
![Rasmus Hogreffe](https://www.theavocagroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Rasmus-Hogreffe.png)
Rasmus Hogreffe
Vice President of Decentralized Clinical Trial Innovation
Medable
![Wenora Johnson](https://www.theavocagroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Wenora-Johnson.png)
Wenora Johnson
Three-time cancer survivor; Volunteer research and patient advocate with Fight Colorectal Cancer & FORCE; Caregiver/Provider; US Navy Veteran
![Allison Kemner](https://www.theavocagroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Allison-Kemner.png)
Allison Kemner
Vice President, Clinical Sciences and Operations
Tyra Biosciences
![Dr. Christian Kraus](https://www.theavocagroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Christian-Kraus.png)
Dr. Christian Kraus
Head of CDO Quality & Compliance
Bayer AG
![Naziah Lasi-Tejani](https://www.theavocagroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Naziah-Lasi-Tejani.png)
Naziah Lasi-Tejani
Group Director, Global Patient Partnership
Roche
![Patricia Leuchten](https://www.theavocagroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Patricia-Leuchten_Avoca-circle.png)
Patricia Leuchten
Founder, WCG Avoca; Chief Change Officer, WCG Clinical
![Cristin MacDonald, PhD](https://www.theavocagroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Crissy-MacDonald-v1.png)
Cristin MacDonald, PhD
Vice President, Client Delivery
WCG Avoca
![Nuala Murphy, PhD](https://www.theavocagroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Nuala-Murphy.png)
Nuala Murphy, PhD
President, Global Specialty Solutions
ICON
![Michael Poku, MD, MBA](https://www.theavocagroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Michael-Poku.png)
Michael Poku, MD, MBA
Senior Medical Director
Oak Street Health
![Diane Puglia Ryan](https://www.theavocagroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Diane-Ryan-Pfizer.png)
Diane Puglia Ryan
Head of Process & Risk Quality Management, Quality Center of Excellence, Global Product Development
Pfizer
![Kimberly Richardson](https://www.theavocagroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Kimberly-Richardson.png)
Kimberly Richardson
Patient Advocate
![Caroline Rosewell](https://www.theavocagroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Caroline-Rosewell.png)
Caroline Rosewell
Senior Director, Medicines Quality Organization
Lilly
![Jonathan Rowe](https://www.theavocagroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Jonathan-Rowe.png)
Jonathan Rowe
Principal - Head of R&D Quality & Operations Risk Management
ZS
![Nate Salpeter, PhD](https://www.theavocagroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Nate-Salpeter.png)
Nate Salpeter, PhD
Co-Founder, Sweet Farm; General Partner, SNØCAP
![Doug Schantz](https://www.theavocagroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Doug-Schantz.png)
Doug Schantz
Vice President, Clinical Operations
Alexion Pharmaceuticals
![Jennifer Sheller](https://www.theavocagroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Jennifer-Sheller.png)
Jennifer Sheller
North America Regional Head, Global Clinical Trial Operations
Merck
![Sandy Smith](https://www.theavocagroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Sandy-Smith-WCG-Clinical.png)
Sandy Smith
Senior Vice President, Clinical Solutions and Strategic Partnerships
WCG Clinical
![Megan Trost](https://www.theavocagroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Megan-Trost.png)
Megan Trost
Vice President, Study Start-Up and Administration
WCG Clinical
![Michelle Webb](https://www.theavocagroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Michelle-Webb.png)
Michelle Webb
Vice President, Avoca Quality Consortium
WCG Avoca
![Steve Whittaker](https://www.theavocagroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Steve-Whittaker.png)
Steve Whittaker
Senior Consultant
WCG Avoca
![Hope Wohl](https://www.theavocagroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Hope-Wohl.png)
Hope Wohl
CEO
Breastcancer.org
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