Christine Pierre, President & CEO

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Christine Pierre is the founder, president and CEO of RxTrials, Inc. She is internationally known for her experience and expertise in clinical research site management and patient recruitment and retention for the clinical trials industry.

For the past 20 years Christine has been providing site management services to research sites in all types of settings, and additionally provides education, operation and clinical expertise, in addition to training and consultation services with sponsors and CROs. Christine's understanding of the clinical research site's processes allows her to work with sites and sponsors/CROs to help expedite the clinical research recruitment process by bringing study volunteers into a study on a timely and efficient manner and providing high quality research data.

Christine recognized the need for education and created The RxTrials Institute (RxTi), which  offers training and education through both public and customized courses to research professionals. She is also the founder and host of the Site Solutions Summit; an industry conference that brings together clinical research sites and industry stakeholders to identify and establish best clinical research site business practices.

Christine is a frequent guest speaker at industry conferences, including those sponsored by the Drug Information Association (DIA) and the Association of Clinical Research Professionals (ACRP). Additionally, she has addressed audiences around the world on issues pertaining to human subject protection, site operations and subject recruitment and retention in Australia, Canada, Africa, Israel, and the United States.

Additionally, Christine was the chair of the Association of Clinical Research Professionals (ACRP) in 2008, an editorial board member of Clinical Trials Advisor and eCliniqu, a member of the steering committee of the Clinical Trials Transformation Initiative (CTTI), and on the board of advisors for both the Center for Information & Study on Clinical Research (CISCRP) and Hands Across the Americas.

In 2009, PharmaVOICE named Christine one of the "100 Most Inspiring People" in the life sciences industry and she has been nominated as one of the top female business professionals in Maryland.

Christine co-authored the book ‘Responsible Research: A Coordinators Guide,' and is currently completely her second book on Clinical Research Site Management.

Christine holds a degree in Nursing and has been committed to human subject protection and clinical site operations for more than 20 years.