Innovating Clinical Trials
Welcome to Innovating Clinical Trials, the podcast designed for clinical research professionals eager to deepen their understanding of clinical trials through concise, insightful segments. Join your hosts, Liam Eves and Ted Trafford, as they uncover the core issues in clinical research, reflect on the industry, and challenge conventional wisdom.
Ted Trafford - https://probitymedical.com/
With 30 years of experience in clinical research, Ted serves as the Director of Business Development, driving business growth and leading Feasibility and Site Relationship teams at Probity Medical Research, a clinical trial site administrative support company with a consortium of 75+ sites across four countries. As a writer and speaker, Ted contributes to thought leadership and strategic initiatives in the clinical trials industry, leveraging his extensive experience and creative approach to drive meaningful discussion and progress for Sponsors, CROs, Sites and Technology Vendors.
Liam Eves - https://www.theendpointpodcast.com/
Liam's held executive roles in SMOs and CROs, and led all major functions of trial delivery. His journey into the field began unexpectedly after an injury ended his career as a professional footballer. Over the years Liam has optimized trial delivery methods / systems for effective enrollment and trial delivery. Currently, he focuses on building and advising companies in the clinical trial space.
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Innovating Clinical Trials
Latest Episodes
Ep 2.30: Scott Burgher on Where AI Actually Helps Patient Recruitment (Part 3/3)
In the final part of this three-part conversation, Liam and Ted close things out with Scott Burgher, Director of Patient Operations at Quest Diagnostics, looking ahead at where AI genuinely moves the needle in recruitment, and where the industr...
Ep 2.29: "That's Not a Performance Problem, It's a Structural One" Scott Burgher on Why Sites Stop Recruiting (Part 2/3)
In Part 2 of this three-part conversation, Liam and Ted continue with Scott Burgher, Director of Patient Operations at Quest Diagnostics, going deeper into why recruitment keeps falling short.Liam reframes the problem from the ground up...
Ep 2.28 Scott Burgher on Why 86% of Trials Miss Their Enrollment Deadline (Part 1/3)
In Part 1 of this three-part conversation, Liam and Ted sit down with Scott Burgher, Director of Patient Operations at Quest Diagnostics, who brings over 20 years of patient recruitment experience spanning healthcare marketing, clinical trial a...
Ep 2.27: 31 Years of Clinical Trials, Here's What Ted Trafford Knows for Sure
In this special episode, we mark Ted Trafford's 31st year in clinical trials with a candid reflection on what three decades in this industry actually teaches you.It started with a LinkedIn post Ted wrote where is says that after 31 year...
Ep 2.26: Lasagna's Law and Building Recruitment Forecasts You Can Actually Trust
Every trial starts with a number on a slide, patients needed, months allotted, a clean straight line on a chart. Liam and Ted pull that line apart in this episode, starting with Lasagna's Law: the 1970s observation that eligi...