A simple strategy for effective organizational leadership In Stephen Covey’s book First Things First the author asserts that, “If we want to create significant change in the results, we can’t just change attitudes and behaviors, methods or techniques; we have to change the basic paradigms…
A Q&A with Johnna Medina, a clinical psychology doctoral student at the University of Texas, regarding government-funded research grants. Part I of II Who pays for clinical research? Nearly 75% of clinical trials are paid for by private companies, but where does the rest of…
The Steps of Continuous Improvement As I watched an episode of Aerial America regarding the Hawaiian Islands, I became fascinated with the story of the Polynesians who settled that land approximately 2000 years ago. As I reflected on what a journey like that must have…
As a young girl growing up on my family’s Minnesota dairy farm, my plastic ice cream pail held many types of eggs at the end of the day. One of my chores was to traipse all over our farm to scout out the location of…
Adaptive Clinical Trials: 6 Traits to Look for in a Vendor Adaptive is a word that has graced the life science industry for decades. By definition adaptive is showing or having a capacity for or tendency toward adaptation. Advancement of science through clinical trials is…