Maria Florez

Senior Research Analyst at Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development, Tufts University School of Medicine

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Maria is a Senior Consultant and Research Affiliate at Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development at Tufts University School of Medicine. And through her consultancy, Brenner Insights, she provides strategic advisory services to healthcare clients. Previously, she held advisory and strategy roles at NewYork-Presbyterian of Columbia and Cornell universities, and at Cleveland Clinic Innovations.

Maria studies technology adoption and digital transformation in the biopharmaceutical sector, pharmaceutical regulatory policy, and operational efficiency and effectiveness within the drug development process—from idea to patient. Her work has been published in leading health policy and medical journals, including JAMA Open, Nature Communications, Therapeutic Innovation and Regulatory Science, and Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics. She is also a reviewer for leading journals, including Nature Digital Medicine, Contemporary Clinical Trials, Scientific Reports, and Health Research Policy and Systems, among others.