Finalists 2023

The finalists for the 2023 Clinical Researcher of the Year - The Americas competition are:

Clinical Research Co-Ordinator

Wilfredo E De Jesus-Monge
clinicaLea

Naresh Poondla
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Clinical Trial Manager

Mona Ashok Parikh, RN
Parexel

Michelle Braccioforte
ICON plc

Lorene Francis Ward
ProSciento, Inc.

Marcela Alejandra Gamarra
ICON plc

Laura Hall
ICON plc

Megan Hardin
Syneos Health

Ivana Kiroski
Fortrea Inc

Luong Nguyen
PPD, part of Thermo Fisher Scientific

Henrique Piloto Pereira Rebonato
Syneos Health

Marcio Andre Ribeiro da Silva
ICON plc

Melanie Riberal
ICON plc

Monique Schatzman
ICON plc

Experienced CRA

Patrick Bouchard
ICON plc

Carolina Carcel
PPD, part of Thermo Fisher Scientific

Janine Carr
Syneos Health

Experienced CRA
Luc Levesque
PPD, part of Thermo Fisher Scientific

Francisca Nicolet Martínez
ICON plc

Boriana Mravkova
PPD, part of Thermo Fisher Scientific

Liz Oppenheim
Fortrea Inc

Travis Pollock
ICON plc

Jana Pool
Parexel International

Chelsea Smith
ICON plc

Jessica Yu
Fortrea Inc

Global Project Manager

Tatiana Doldonova
Fortrea Inc

Kelley Emmons
ICON plc

Brian Goodwin
ICON Biotech

Chad M Hunter
GSK

Omar Kalash
Fortrea Inc

Caroline Kane
Syneos Health

Brett Keeler
ICON plc

Mat Lentine
ICON plc

Andrea Rakic
ICON plc

Stephanie Santos-Diaz
Fortrea Inc

Zoe Smoot
Fortrea Inc

Malaika Spratley
ICON plc

New CRA

Anastasia Cheng
Fortrea Inc

Ileana Karina Flores Treviño
Parexel International

Brianna Franklin
Fortrea Inc

Elizabeth Harvey
ICON plc

Javanese Ling
PPD, part of Thermo Fisher Scientific

Lientra Lu
ICON plc

Taylor Miller
PPD, part of Thermo Fisher Scientific

Renee Plomondon
ICON plc

Benjamin Prabhu
ICON plc

Jessica Twyford
Fortrea Inc

Dimple Vyas
Syneos Health

Sadia Wasty
PPD, part of Thermo Fisher Scientific

Start Up Single

Brandice Bonner-Prichard
ICON plc

Rachel Heath
PPD, part of Thermo Fisher Scientific

Allison Himes
ICON Strategic Solutions

Pilar Catherine Márquez Garces
ICON plc

Valeria Molina
ICON plc

Belen Neira
PPD, part of Thermo Fisher Scientific

Lauren Nixon
PPD, part of Thermo Fisher Scientific

Soledad Ortiz de Orue
ICON plc

Juliana Sallai Cintra
PPD, part of Thermo Fisher Scientific

Julia Shingleton
ICON plc

Natalia Solis
ICON plc

Tatiana Volvakh
Fortrea Inc

Global Partnership Team

Therapeutic Titans
Fortrea Inc and Seraxis
Kristen Lyons, Fortrea Inc
Mala Puri, MD, Fortrea
Linda Courtney, Fortrea
Laura MacLean, Seraxis Inc.
Paul Strumph, MD, Seraxis Inc.
Laurie Rodman, Seraxis Inc.

Pharma Game Changers
Novartis and ICON
Kelly Field, Novartis
shweta jasra, ICON
Ryaan Fiascki, ICON
Sharriel Nobles, ICON
Phil Sabel, ICON

Pharm to Patient
Syneos Health and Pfizer
Lindsey Jones, Syneos Health
Susan McFarland, Syneos Health
Patti Verrier, Syneos Health
Sohyun McElroy, Pfizer
Kelly Scholz, Pfizer
Karen Houggy, Pfizer

The Notorious POC
ICON plc
Avnika Agarwal, ICON
Noopor Singh, Xentria
Tom Matthews, Xentria

Global Project Team

Optic Outlaws Team
Clinical Trials Resource Group, LLC
Fran Sawyer, Clinical Trials Resource Group, LLC
Crystal Gates, CTRG
Jessica Norton, CTRG
Rich McNeal, CTRG

Headquarters Queens
ICON plc
Michal Hananel, ICON plc
Tatiana Kurilo, ICON
Ceby Benny, ICON

I want my, I want my IND
ICON plc
Austin Althaber, ICON plc
Ben Barbee, ICON
JoAnna Eich, ICON
Michelle Millard, ICON

Pharma Rangers
ICON plc
Nikul Patel, ICON plc
Debora Grahl, ICON
Rebekah Sok, ICON
Janaína Dias, ICON

Ready, Set, Optimize
ICON plc
Dana L Kay, ICON plc
Rylee Glendening, ICON
Amanda Aguiar, ICON
Kelly Davidson, ICON
Adam George, ICON

Partners in Trials
PPD, part of Thermo Fisher Scientific
Andrea Batchelor, PPD, part of Thermo Fisher Scientific and team

The BRZL Squad
Syneos Health
Evellyn Goncalves, Syneos Health
Ana Carolina Gratieri Maciel, Syneos Health
Bruna Portes da Silva, Syneos Health
Juliana Cristina Vieira, Syneos Health
Raphael Retamero, Syneos Health

The Pills & Thrills
Syneos Health
Tarifin Sikder, Syneos Health
Diba Rezaei, Syneos Health
Amine Sehboub, Syneos Health
Tina Farshadgohar, Syneos Health

Start Up Team

Treemendous
Fortrea Inc
Justin Brathwaite, Fortrea Inc
Daniel Goldstein, Fortrea
Tracy Arakaki, Fortrea
Lindsey Haroun, Fortrea
Karah Hogue, Fortrea
Erin Dowgiallo, Fortrea

The Dream Team
Lightship Inc.
Rachel Palumbo, Lightship Inc.
Colleen Butler, Lightship Inc.

The FSP Start Up Warriors
Syneos/AbbVie
Sharon Mullen, Syneos/AbbVie
Kristie Daly -Barnes, Syneos/AbbVie
Elizabeth Wichem, Syneos/AbbVie

Study STARTerS
PPD, part of Thermo Fisher Scientific
Miriam Cortes Torres
Christina Mendoza Montes
Cecilia Moreno
Thuy Huynh

Sponsors

Key dates

Entry Closes
Finals Day
Awards Ceremony
International Clinical Researcher of the Year