Rana Said is a second year Biomarker Development fellow at Novartis in conjunction with MCPHS. She graduated from Rutgers with her PharmD in May 2022. At Novartis her primary focus is operational support for biomarker sampling on early clinical trials including setting up CRO support for studies. In addition, she works closely on the team that manages the CRO relationship for the Translational Medicine group, with a focus on managing issues.
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Neha Ghosh
Neha Ghosh is an Associate Director of Clinical Research at Fresenius Medical Care North America, where she led and manage clinical studies and related activities, from design to conduct to analysis, for various dialysis products and services. She had a PhD in Biological Sciences and multiple certifications in remote work, personal branding, and career development. She is also certified Clinical Professional by ACRP. She had also contributed to several scientific and medical literature in several areas of research and presented her findings internally and externally.
Siddharth Parulkar
Emily Matthews
Emily has been working at Relay Tx for almost 3 years in the Clinical Business Operations group focusing on contracting, budgeting as well as site and vendor management. Prior to Relay Tx, she worked at bluebird bio in a similar capacity within the Clinical Business Operations team.
Jordan Ursino
Jordan lives in south Jersey and has been involved with clinical supply management for the last 7 years. Currently he works for a small biotech, Keros, located just outside of Boston.
Missy Hansen
Missy Hansen MSN, CPNP, joined ICON in 2019 as a paediatric strategy liaison (PSL) . As a PSL, Missy considers the patient and family throughout the study and is a resource to both internal and external teams. Missy has 25+ years of experience as a paediatric nurse practitioner, including 17+ years in paediatric haematology/oncology at Children’s Minnesota, the largest haematology/oncology service line in the region providing care for infants through young adults diagnosed with haematologic and/or oncology conditions
Kim Ford Festi
Dawn Davies
I started my career working as a head sommelier at many of the capitals top restaurants, including the Ledbury which I opened and ran for two years. Afterwards I joined Selfridges as the head wine and spirits buyer where I achieved my Master of Wine. I joined Speciality Drinks in 2015 as their buying director, also running the Events team and our three shops.
Dr. Dave Lütkenhaus
Dr. Dave Lütkenhaus is the Global Sustainability Breakthrough Innovation Director at Diageo. He drives and oversees the innovation pipeline of new transformational technologies and new business models to propel Diageo’s future carbon, energy and water strategy towards 2030 ESG targets and beyond.
Dave has more than 17 years of broad international experience combining leadership skills with a highly technical background across the key sustainability themes in the consumer goods industry. Prior to Diageo, Dave was International Research & Sustainable Innovation Director at L’Oréal with a broad scope encompassing all the Emerging Markets (LATAM, Africa, Southeast Asia). Previously, he led the Sustainability strategy for the Packaging and Specialty plastics business at the Dow Chemical. He has also worked for P&G and FIAT leading sustainable innovation projects for the EMEA region.
Dave holds a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Birmingham, UK; a double Master’s degree in Materials Sciences from the Technical University of Munich and the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany; an MBA in Strategic Management from the University of São Paulo, and a Master’s degree in Materials and Polymer Sciences from the University of Turin, Italy.
Callum Braddock
Callum is an industry expert in the plant-based food sector. Driven by his passion for sustainability, he has successfully launched several plant-based brands into the European markets across retail, foodservice, and online. With significant experience across a variety of channels and sectors, Callum has not only contributed to the growth of the plant-based category but has also witnessed its challenges.
Callum currently leads the UK arm of TiNDLE, an innovation-led plant-based brand developing best-in-class chicken offerings. TiNDLE recently expanded into additional alternative protein categories, launching an indulgent range of plant-based milks and gelato.