VP, Patient Engagement

Alicia has over 20 years of experience in software design and information systems management. She has a Mechanical Engineering Degree from Syracuse University and from Boston University with a Masters of Information Systems and an MBA. At Medidata, Alicia works to infuse the patient perspective throughout the product development lifecycle and help engage patients in novel ways.

Alicia is also a three-time cancer survivor, first diagnosed with Hodgkin’s disease as a sophomore during college. Over the past 10 years, she’s applied her engineering background to improve the patient experience for those dealing with cancer. With an extensive network of patient advocates and non-profit organizations, she collaborates with a wide range of stakeholders to help improve processes and policies that impact cancer care.

VP, Patient Registries and Recruitment

Kelly McKee serves as vice president of patient registries and recruitment in Patient Cloud at Medidata. Prior to Medidata, she spent over 20 years within clinical operations and patient recruitment at top-tier pharmaceutical companies including Sanofi, Merck, Eli Lilly and Co., and Vertex Pharmaceuticals. Kelly is passionate about celebrating the role that clinical trial participants bring in making new medicines and vaccines possible and was named one of Life Sci Voice’s Top Industry Leaders in 2022, PharmaVoice’s 100 Most Inspiring Leaders in 2020, Centerwatch’s Top 20 Innovators of 2018, and PharmaTimes’ Clinical Researcher of the Year, Clinical Research Teams, in 2012.

VP, Clinical Trial Financial Management

Meghan serves as the VP, Clinical Trial Financial Management driving roadmap and strategy across Medidata’s Grants Manager and Site Payments products.

Meghan started her career as a Masters level psychologist working within a medical care team treating patients with ALS and traumatic brain injury.  It was through this privileged relationship with patients facing devastating diagnoses that Meghan witnessed first hand the life-saving and life-enhancing effects of medical and therapeutic intervention thus piquing her interest in the drug development process.  Meghan joined a CNS-focused start up in RTP and has spent the last 15+ years working in the life science technology industry.  The last decade of this time has been solely focused on the investigator grant administration domain driving strategy and leading teams implementing payment technology in both BPO and enablement models.

Sr. Director, Product & Analytics, Clinical Trial Financial Management

Shelley Douros is Senior Director, Product & Analytics, Clinical Financial Management at Medidata, focusing on clinical trial planning and budgeting. She has over 20 years of experience dedicated to cross-functional collaborations specific to clinical trial budgeting and forecasting, business operations, outsourcing, and investigator budget development and negotiations. Shelley has spearheaded the creation of financial lifecycle platforms for both sites and sponsors. She has served as a speaker and chair at numerous industry conferences and has authored many published articles. Shelley has a passion for uncovering pain points and identifying strategic solutions that lead to faster, more effective, and more mindful patient care.

Sr. Director, Product Development of RBQM

Brian Barnes is a Sr. Director, Product Development of RBQM for Medidata Solutions. Brian has 15 years of experience in the clinical development space and specifically supported RBQM for the past 9 years specializing in operational solutions for small to large pharma, biopharma, and biotech companies. Brian is a co-liaison within the Associate of Clinical Research Organizations (ACRO) RBQM Working Group and presented and published on the topic of RBQM within a number of industry meetings, conferences, and journals.

The Medidata Clinical Cloud connects patients, sites, sponsors, and partners in a secure and scalable cloud environment to bring life changing treatments to those who need them most. View the demo to see the site experience on the Clinical Cloud.

Medidata’s Rave EDC (Electronic Data Capture) is the most advanced, robust, and secure EDC system for clinical trial site, patient, and lab data capture and management. Watch the video to find out more.

Medidata Site Payments is a data driven system that provides real-time payment processing triggered by any EDC.  View the infographic to find out more.