The finalists for the 2024 Clinical Researcher of the Year – The Americas competition are:

Clinical Research Co-ordinator

Angel Goewey
IMA Clinical Research

Chelsea Jarvis
IMA Clinical Research

Denina Valletta
ICON plc

Christopher Waugh
Parexel International

Decentralised Solutions Individual of the Year

Alexis Kelly
The PPD clinical research business of Thermo Fisher Scientific

Megan Parisi
Syneos Health

Jennifer Urwongse
The PPD clinical research business of Thermo Fisher Scientific

Novice CRA: (less than 18 months of monitoring experience)

Jake Andary
Parexel International

Ana Maria Bernal Guarin
The PPD clinical research business of Thermo Fisher Scientific

Liza Grandolfo
The PPD clinical research business of Thermo Fisher Scientific

Destini Hall
The PPD clinical research business of Thermo Fisher Scientific

Jacquelene Harris
The PPD clinical research business of Thermo Fisher Scientific

Katelyn Hester
Fortrea

Maura Hughes
Parexel

Sona Sran
Parexel

Intermediate CRA: (18 months to less than 5 years of experience)

Ed Alfaro
The PPD clinical research business of Thermo Fisher Scientific

Megan Castiel
Parexel

Tanaya Deshmukh
The PPD clinical research business of Thermo Fisher Scientific

Ileana Karina Flores Treviño
Parexel

Kyle Heckler
The PPD clinical research business of Thermo Fisher Scientific

Leah Higgs
The PPD clinical research business of Thermo Fisher Scientific

Gaayathiri Jegatheeswaran
ICON plc

Sarah Lam
ICON plc

Elizabeth Lorenz
Fortrea

Taylor Miller
The PPD clinical research business of Thermo Fisher Scientific

Oladele Oyedele
The PPD clinical research business of Thermo Fisher Scientific

Nicholas Pasquale
Parexel International

Brynne Schoppe
The PPD clinical research business of Thermo Fisher Scientific

Experienced CRA (more than 5 years’ experience)

Laura Conner
Astellas Pharma

Jonathan Ekeocha
The PPD clinical research business of Thermo Fisher Scientific

Ivan Glotov
The PPD clinical research business of Thermo Fisher Scientific

Brent Gregory
Fortrea

Mary Kuttler
Lightship

Boriana Mravkova
The PPD clinical research business of Thermo Fisher Scientific

Chelsea Smith
ICON plc

Humberto Zuniga Navarro
The PPD clinical research business of Thermo Fisher Scientific

Clinical Trial Manager

Sase Boyo
Parexel International

Sarah Comfort
The PPD clinical research business of Thermo Fisher Scientific

Sarah Connell
The PPD clinical research business of Thermo Fisher Scientific

Emily Gee
Fortrea

Heather Lambert
Parexel International

Mona Parikh
Parexel

Shalonda Scott
The PPD clinical research business of Thermo Fisher Scientific

Simon Simonov
Parexel International

Navneet Singh
Parexel International

Natalia Szczepanik-Ziarno
Parexel

Global Project Manager

Camila Alves
ICON plc

Aruna Govindaraju
Fortrea

Ali Hamidi
Parexel

Lindsey Jones
Syneos Health

Tiffany Sanford
Syneos Health

Stephanie Santos-Diaz
Fortrea Inc

Lital Shpeisman
Syneos Health

Nicole Steele
Parexel

Brielle Young
The PPD clinical research business of Thermo Fisher Scientific

Start Up Individual

Mohanachary Amaravadi
Syneos Health

Erik Bailey
ICON plc

Maria de las Mercedes Grisolía
The PPD clinical research business of Thermo Fisher Scientific

Paula Hawkins
The PPD clinical research business of Thermo Fisher Scientific

Lauren Nixon
The PPD clinical research business of Thermo Fisher Scientific

Global Project Team

Indistinguishable Placebos
Syneos Health
Michele Correll
Sam Hower
Sharon Kosturik
Jim Kukura
Jenn Strickland

Synergy Builders
Syneos Health
Jack Coltrane
Caroline Kane
Henrique Piloto
Mita Solanki
Natan Tateishi
Claudia Tellez Solis

The Clinical Droids
The PPD clinical research business of Thermo Fisher Scientific
Eronda Bradly
Kelly Donado
Aswini Kanneganti
Samuel Okafor
Stephanie Rosazza

The COFFEE Team
The PPD clinical research business of Thermo Fisher Scientific
Sara Ardila
Beatris Delboni
Ramon Alberto Suarez
Bruna Siqueira
Aline Ventureli

Bears. Beets. Blinded Studies
The PPD clinical research business of Thermo Fisher Scientific
Caroline James
Teri Kerr
Nikki Lapham
Stefanie Martinez
Hallie Watson
Michelle Weatherford

The Subject VanGuardians
The PPD clinical research business of Thermo Fisher Scientific
April Genius
Thuy Huynh
Alex Medlin
Yemi Moses
Savannah Papes
Raymond Rando

TrAInees Project Team
The PPD clinical research business of Thermo Fisher Scientific
Natalia Angeluzzi Cunha
Nathália Finkler Gazzo
Lourdes Ilacqua
Carlos Ladron de Guevara Ramos
Wellington Santos
Raphael Tolentino

Women of Research Revolution
The PPD clinical research business of Thermo Fisher Scientific
Nidhya Chandramohan
Chyrita Banks
Tracy Kearney
Megan Murr
Joselyn Willingham

AI Innovators
Worldwide Clinical Trials
Ben Aldridge
Jorge Araneta
Shannon Goodman
Rick Muni
Margo Smith

Global Partnership Team

Trial Blazers
Syneos Health & Marlene & Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Maryland Baltimore & Precision for Medicine
Meghan Luhowy, Syneos Health
Thea Nash, Marlene & Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Maryland Baltimore
Vu Nguyen, Marlene & Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Maryland Baltimore
Sheila Staub, Precision for Medicine

Partners4Health
The PPD clinical research business of Thermo Fisher Scientific & GSK
Ivan Castillo, The PPD clinical research business of Thermo Fisher Scientific
Gerri Gallagher, GSK
Anne Marie Inglis, GSK
Laura O´Donell, GSK
Marilu Okabe, The PPD clinical research business of Thermo Fisher Scientific

Health Innovators
The PPD clinical research business of Thermo Fisher Scientific & GSK
Lara Luciano, GSK
Viviana Rubia, The PPD clinical research business of Thermo Fisher Scientific
Melissa Torres, The PPD clinical research business of Thermo Fisher Scientific
Frank Ynolopu, The PPD clinical research business of Thermo Fisher Scientific
Josue Young, GSK

Start Up Team

The Start -Up Squad
AbbVie
Donna Baque
Kristie Daly-Barnes, Syneos Health/Illingworth Research Group
Elina Paniagua
Sharonda Mountain
Ashley Dayhuff

The Trial Titans: Women’s Edition
Caidya
Kara Alberg
Ciara Cyr
Ambily Dileep
Taylor Tointon
Helen Tran
Tiffany Walker

SSUper Troupers for You
Ergomed
Jaren Alexander
Toshiwa Bryant
Julia Gonzalez
Shelby Gross
Denesha Potts
Catherine Scott

SWIFT (Start-up Women Innovating Future Trials)
Parexel
Allie Bara
Alison Combs
Annie Hounnoukpe