Clinical Trial Files
Episodes
File #008: Breaking Silos in Clinical Research: Karen Cloete on Training the Whole Trial Ecosystem
08 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Clinical Trial Files, we sit down with Karen Cloete, founder of TASK Research Academy, to explore how clinical research training ca...
File #007: Empathy & Equity: Redefining Clinical Trials with Patient Voices"
28 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this compelling episode of Clinical Trial Files, hosts Karin Avila and Taymeyah Al‑Toubah sit down with Dr. Hillary Edwards from the University...
File #006: Hope in Every Trial: Dr. Jaydira Del Rivero on Rare Cancers, Clinical Models, and the Power of Patient Advocacy
23 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this inspiring episode of Clinical Trial Files, Dr. Jaydira Del Rivero, triple-board-certified oncologist and endocrinologist at the NIH, shares he...
File #005: Punk Rock and Patient Hope: Patryk Mikucki on Humanizing Clinical Trial
09 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this inspiring episode, we sit down with Patryk Mikucki, Vice President and Global Head of Country Operations at Alexion AstraZeneca Rare Diseases....
File #004: Paramedics, Pipelines & Phase 4: Doug Schantz on Steering Global Clinical Ops
25 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Veteran clinical-operations leader Doug Schantz joins Clinical Trial Files to trace a career that spans emergency-room stretchers and first-in-human g...
File #003: From Fast Data to Faster Drugs — Thomas Wood on AI for Clinical Trials
12 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Physicist-turned-NLP expert Thomas Wood joins hosts Karin and Taymeyah to explore how artificial intelligence is shortening the road from protocol to ...
File #002: At the Heart of Clinical Research Nursing
20 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join us as seasoned Clinical Research Nurse (CRN) Elyce takes us inside the intersection of science, ethics, and compassionate patient care. Tracing t...
File #001: Meet the Cohosts
08 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Clinical trials affect millions—but most people have no idea how they actually work. In our pilot episode, meet your cohosts Roberto Torres, Taymeya...