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DPHARM: Disruptive Innovations

Date: Sep 16, 2025 - Sep 17, 2025

Location: Philadelphia, PA

2024 DPHARM Advisory Board

Strategic Advisory Group Steering Committee

Deirdre BeVard
SVP, R&D Strategic Operations, CSL Behring

Victoria Chiou
Head of Clinical Excellence & Innovation, Late Development Oncology, AstraZeneca

Shoibal Datta PhD
​​​​​​​Head of Digital Health Sciences, Data Sciences Institute,Takeda

Angela DeLuca MBA, PMP​​​​​​​
​​​​​​​Associate Vice President, Head of Global Study Operations, Amgen

Nick Hodges
Head, Global Clinical Operations, Johnson & Johnson

Melanie Ivarsson OBE, PhD, MBA
Chief Development Officer, Moderna

Bari Kowal
SVP and Head, Development Operations and Portfolio Management, Regeneron

Christoph Koenen MD, MBA
Head, Clinical Development and Operations, Pharmaceuticals R&D, Bayer

Andy Lee
Head, Global Clinical Operations, Merck

Doug Shantz
SVP, Clinical Operations, AskBio

Moke Sharma
Head, Develoment Operations and Quatitative Sciences, BMS

Badhri Srinivasan
Head, Global Development Operations, Novartis

Industry Advisors

Kimberly  Barnholt PhD, MS
Executive Director, Evidence Generation, Genentech

Mohammed Ali
M&D Head of Reporting & Analytics & Insights, Astellas

Tara Aloory
Head, Clinical Trial Delivery Unit, Biogen

Mary Brantner
Senior Director, Progam Optimization and Innovation, Insmed

Amy Cramer MMCi, BSN
​​​​​​​Director, Data Acquisitions, IDAR, Data Management and Central Monitoring, Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine

James Donohue
Senior Digital Health Lead, Genentech

Emily Epstein
Patient Advocate, Behavioral Health Specialist, Weill Cornell Medicine

Antoniu Fantana PhD
​​​​​​​Lead, Emerging Technology Strategy, Clinical Design, Delivery & Analytics, Eli Lilly and Company

Feryal Tanriverdio
Head, Digital Innovation, Boehringer-Ingelheim
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Yusuf Ghadiali
Executive Director, Head of Clinical Trial Business Operations, Global Clinical Operations and Planning, Daiichi Sankyo

Kushal Gohil MBA
​​​​​​​Chief Strategy Officier, Parexel

Adama Ibrahim EMBA
​​​​​​​VP, Digital Strategy and Change Management, Novo Nordisk
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Bill Illis
Global Head, Collaboration & Technology Strategy, Clinical Development & Analytics, Novartis

Sheryl Jacobs
VP, Global Development Operations, Amgen

Hassan Kadhim
Business Engagement Lead, Clinical Operations and Development, Vertex

Nareen Katta MBA
​​​​​​​Head of Data Science & Analytics, Global Therapeutics, Clinical Development, AbbVie

Mitchell Katz PhD, MPH
​​​​​​​SVP, Global Clinical Operations, Kyowa Kirin

Shameer Khader PhD, MPH
​​​​​​​Executive Director, Sanofi

Joseph Kim MBA
​​​​​​​Chief Strategy Officer, ProofPilot

Sean Lynch
Innovative Capabilities Head, Innovative Trial Operations, Novartis

Julien Kroll
Clinical Trial Technology Strategist, Bayer

Sylvie Kruyner
Director, DCT Operations, Bayer

Nuwan Kurukulasuriya MS, PhD
​​​​​​​Global VP, Therapeutic Head Alexion, AstraZeneca Rare Disease

Lisa LaLuna
Strategic Advisor, Consultant and Board Member

Stephen Lutsch
Senior Director, Team Lead, Clinical Trial Digital Innnovation, Genmab
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Brandon Maggio
Global Head, Digital Operations & Process Optimization, GSK

Morten Pedersen
VP, Head of Global Clinical Operations, Lundbeck

Karen Peterson
Founder and Chief Patient Advocate, Karen's Club
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Sian Ratcliffe, PhD,
​​​​​​​Head, Quantitative Sciences and Development Operations, Biogen

Valerie Reynaert
VP, Global Clinical Operations, Immunocore
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Dennis Salotti
Executive Director, Head of Clinical Outsorcing & Innovation, Jazz Pharmaceuticals

Nicholas Slack MBE
​​​​​​​Chairman and CEO, The START Center for Cancer Reseach
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Lauren Sunshine
Director, Product Management, Digital Health BMS
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Anthony K. Taylor DHSc, MSPharm
​​​​​​​Director, Clinical Study Patient Platform, AbbVie

Katherine Taylor MBA
​​​​​​​Senior Director, Head, Risk Evaluation and Adaptive Integrated Monitoring, Merck

Mark Travers PhD, MBA
​​​​​​​VP, Head of GCTO Regions, Monitoring Excellence, Global Operations and eTMF, Merck

Donna Usiskin
Chief Strategy Officer, New Enterprise Ventures

Syed Waseem Haider PHD
​​​​​​​Head of eClinical Business Intelligent Automation and Life Data Sciences, Merck

Taylor Uttley MS
​​​​​​​Senior Director, Head of Strategy & Operations, Data Strategy & Solutions, Vertex

Tracy Vanderslice MSc
​​​​​​​VP, Head, Clinical Operations, Oncology, Gilead

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