Steering Committee

Expert Meetings

The CTTI Steering Committee (SC), made up of representatives from CTTI members across multiple sectors, provides input into decisions about CTTI priorities, projects and recommendations. Below, you will find a list of our SC members:

Axel Åkerblom

Senior Expert, Senior Principal Manager

Elizabeth Alexander

Vice President of Clinical Research and Development

Jeff Allen, PhD

President & CEO

Maria Apostolaros

Deputy Vice President, Science & Regulatory Advocacy

Kelly Avery

Operations Administrator

Eda Baykal-Caglar

Director of Clinical Research

Jimmy Bechtel

Vice President, Site Engagement

Steve Berman

Senior Director, Science & Regulatory Affairs

Kousick Biswas

Director, CSPCC

Christina Brennan, MD, MBA, CCRC

Vice President, Clinical Research

Jeff Brown

Chief Scientific Officer

Robyn Burns, PhD

Program Manager, MRFBC; Science Officer, MRF

Melanoma Research Foundation (MRF)

Kathryn Capanna

Deputy Division Director, Office of Strategic Programs & Technology Innovation, DARSS

Wendy Carr, PhD

Branch Chief, Clinical Research Branch

Edwin Chan

Chief Scientific Officer

Marianne Chase

Senior Director of Clinical Trials Operations

Linda Coleman

Director, Human Research Protection Program

Katherine Cornish

Director, Clinical Trials and Partner Engagement

Scott Evans, PhD, MS

Harvard University, Senior Research Scientist

Christiana Evers

Vice President, Chief Community Engagement Officer 

Pat Furlong

President

Ivana Furimsky

Manager, Quality Assurance

Shruti Gohil

Associate Medical Director, Hospital Epidemiology

Jörg Goldhahn, MD

Medical Director at ETH and Director of Institute for Translational Medicine

Phil Green

Patient/Caregiver Representative

Catherine Gregor

Chief Clinical Trial Officer

Florence Healthcare

 

Karin Gulbrandsen

Sr. Director, US Cross Therapeutic Area Head

Sam Hariry

Global Head, Clinical Innovation, NIBR Translational Medicine

Raffaella Hart

Senior VP, IRB, IBC, and QA Services 

CITI Program, a Division of BRANY

James Holahan

Director, Clinical Research Support

Christopher Houchens, PhD

Director Division of CBRN Countermeasures

Patricia Hurley, MSc

Director of Strategic Research Initiatives

Sameera Ibrahim

Head, R&D Quality Strategy & Business Operations at Bristol Myers Squibb

Sheryl Jacobs

Vice President, Global Development Operations

Jeffrey Joyce

Vice President for Research and Innovation

Julie Kaneshiro

Acting Director, Office for Human Research Protections

Jason Kim

Vice President, Osteoarthritis Research

Martin Landray, PhD, FRCP

Professor of Medicine & Epidemiology, Deputy Director - Big Data Institute

Patrick Lee, MD

Partner

Linda Lillis

Director, Industry Trials for DCRI

Michael Lincoff, MD

Director - C5 Research; Vice Chairman - Dept of Cardiovascular Medicine

Elizabeth Luczak

VP Global QMS and Compliance

Kate Lyden

Chief Science Officer

Anna McDermott-Vitak

Senior Vice President & Managing Director Americas

Ann Meeker-O'Connell

Director, Office of Clinical Policy

Jennifer Meriwether

Director of Clinical Operations

Kristen Miller, PharmD

Health Science Policy Analyst, OMP

David Nickerson

Head, Clinical Quality Management

Isabela Niculae

Head GCSO Innovation

UCB

Nuru Noor

Patient/Caregiver Representative

Kim O'Day

Senior Director, Emerging Technology Operations

Kelley O'Donoghue, MPH, CIP

Associate VP for Human Subject Protection, Executive Director IRB

Emma Ogburn

VP, Clinical Operations

Julie Ozier

SVP for IRB Review and Advarra's Institutional Official

Jahmeilia Paul, MPH, CHES

Manager, Patient Education

Lynne Quittell, MD

Vice Chair Data Safety Monitoring Board

Michel Reid

Senior Director and Head, Global Demographics and Diversity

Jamil Rivers

Patient/Caregiver Representative

James Rollins, MD

Acting Deputy Director of Division of Policy and Evidence Review

Michelle Rowe

VP of Operations

Kristin Schneeman

Director of Programs

Jen Sheller

AVP, Clinical Operations Leader

Jessica Shore, PhD, RN

Vice President, Clinical Affairs and Quality

Donna Snyder

Executive Physician

Theresa Strong, PhD

Director of Research Programs

Tom Switzer

Head, Digital Health

Eva Topole

Clinical Digital Health & Innovation Lead

Salinda Waddy

Associate Director and Chief, CTSA Program Clinical Affairs

Meghan Wagner

Health Scientist, Pharmacy Outcomes Research

Henry Wei

Head of Development Innovation

Neil Weissman, MD

President, Chief Scientific Officer

Tiffany Westrich-Robertson

CEO, Director of Patient Engagement

Glendon Zinser

Sr. Director, Scientific Strategy & Programs

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