10 patient recruitment for clinical trials experts

Experience: Senior Director, Head of Patient Recruitment and Retention · Takeda

Former Senior Director, Head of Patient Recruitment and Retention at Takeda (2022–2025) and Senior Director, Head of Patient Engagement, Experience and Recruitment at Takeda since 2025. The profile also lists Director, Patient Recruitment and Retention (2021–2022) and Associate Director, Patient Recruitment and Retention (2019–2021) at Takeda.

Experience: Director, Global Patient Recruitment and Engagement · Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Former Director, Global Patient Recruitment and Engagement at Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (2022–2024) and Director, Patient Recruitment at Celgene (2017–2020), and Patient Recruitment, Disease Area Lead at Vertex Pharmaceuticals since 2024. The profile describes nearly 20 years of experience in global clinical trial recruitment and engagement strategy across all phases of drug development.

Experience: Director, Global Patient Recruitment and Retention · Arvinas

Former Director, Global Patient Recruitment and Retention at Arvinas (2023–2025) and Director, Patient Recruitment & Retention at BlueRock Therapeutics since 2025. The profile also lists Associate Director, Patient Recruitment at Pfizer (2021–2023) and Sr. Manager Patient Engagement at Biogen (2020–2021).

Experience: Director of Patient Recruitment & Clinical Innovation · AstraZeneca

Director of Patient Recruitment & Clinical Innovation at AstraZeneca since 2024 and Patient Recruitment Lead at AstraZeneca since 2023. The profile also lists Global Study Associate Director (2021–2023), Global Project Manager (2020–2021) and Clinical Project Coordinator (2019–2020) at AstraZeneca.

Experience: Recruitment and Retention Group Lead (Sr Director) · Pfizer

Recruitment and Retention Group Lead (Sr Director) at Pfizer since 2026, and Director, Participant Recruitment and Retention at Pfizer from 2023 to 2025. The profile also lists Director, Global Patient Recruitment and Retention Solutions at Seagen (2022–2023) and describes 20+ years of biopharma experience in operations and patient recruitment and retention across all phases of clinical research.

Experience: Executive Director, Patient Engagement Recruitment and Retention Immunology · Eli Lilly and Company

Executive Director, Patient Engagement Recruitment and Retention Immunology at Eli Lilly and Company since 2024. The profile also lists Sr Director Site Engagement-Latin America & Canada at Eli Lilly de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. (2022–2024) and describes a commitment to advancing clinical trial accessibility and inclusion through innovative recruitment.

Experience: Director Global Patient Recruitment & Retention Programs · GSK

Director Global Patient Recruitment & Retention Programs at GSK since 2024 and former Associate Director Feasibility and Patient Recruitment Planning at GSK (2021–2023). The profile describes more than 20 years in clinical research, pharmaceuticals and healthcare with a focus on global patient recruitment and retention, and it also lists Patient Recruitment Planning Manager at ICON plc (2017–2021).

Experience: Director, Patient Recruitment and Retention · Sarepta Therapeutics

Director, Patient Recruitment and Retention at Sarepta Therapeutics since 2023 and Director, Patient Recruitment and Start-Up Strategy there since 2026. The profile also lists Associate Director, Patient Recruitment and Retention at Sarepta (2022–2023) and Senior Clinical Project Manager at Rhythm Pharmaceuticals Inc. (2020–2022).

Experience: Sr. Director, Patient Recruitment and Engagement · Praxis Precision Medicines, Inc.

Sr. Director, Patient Recruitment and Engagement at Praxis Precision Medicines, Inc. since 2022 and former Associate Director, Patient Recruitment and Retention at Takeda (2020–2022). The profile describes this person as a global patient recruitment and retention strategist and patient advocate.

Experience: Director, Patient Engagement, Experience and Recruitment · Takeda

Director, Patient Engagement, Experience and Recruitment at Takeda since 2022, a role the profile says involves managing, overseeing and motivating PRR teams responsible for studies in the GI and PDT TAUs. The profile also lists Patient Recruitment & Retention Lead at Takeda (2020–2022).