S03E01 Mariana Sampaio Lança - clinical research activist & professional

Mariana is a biomedical engineer with expertise in pharmaceutical medicine and an MBA. Marianna has been active in clinical research for over than ten years – worked as a Clinical Research Associate (CRA), held the management roles, including Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and director. Currently, Mariana excels in clinical project management and freelance consulting. 

Mariana's extensive experience in clinical operations and data management underscores the importance of high-quality data in clinical trials. In her work with major pharmaceutical companies and Contract Research Organizations (CROs), she ensures that the research projects meet their objectives through meticulous data collection and management. 

Join us as Mariana shares her insights into clinical research and the critical role of data management. Specifically: 

- tech or people … that’s not the question, but why? 

- data manager and statistician should work very closely together and sit in the same house, or are those separable activities?