Christine Pierre Clinical Trials Lifetime Achievement Award 2021 Shortlist Revealed

Cast your vote for this year's Lifetime Achievement Award winner.

Now in its 7th year, the Christine Pierre Clinical Trials Lifetime Achievement Award, in association with mdgroup, celebrates the ground-breaking work and contributions of individuals across the field of clinical trials who are making a positive difference.

With the nomination period closed, we can now reveal the final shortlist for the 2021 prize to be presented at the Clinical Trials Europe virtual event on 3 November. The winner will be voted for by those within the clinical trials community - cast your vote here to have your say on this year's winner.

The nominees are:

• Tina Barton, COO, eMQT
• John Reites, CEO, THREAD
• Craig Lipset, Founder & Advisor, Clinical Innovation Partners & Co-Chair, Decentralized Trials & Research Alliance (DTRA)
• Dr Azzam Hussein, Inova Pharma and Life Sciences

Over the coming weeks, we will be profiling all the nominees, exploring the reasons why each of them deserve to be recognised for their work within the clinical trials space.

About the award

Named in memory of Christine Pierre, founder and president of the Society for Clinical Research Sites (SCRS) and 2018 winner, the Lifetime Achievement Award is open to all clinical development industry leaders and practitioners, the award rewards those who have made a major impact on the world of clinical trials over their career; those who have influenced the direction the industry is moving in and left a legacy. Previous award winners include:

• 2020 - Blanka Seklecka, University Clinical Centre, Poland
• 2019 - Andreas Diacon, TASK Applied Science
• 2018 - Christine Pierre, President and Founder of the Society for Clinical Research Sites (SCRS)
• 2017 - Dr Greg Koski, Chariman, Co-Founder & President / Chief Executive Officer, ACRES, and Associate Professor of Anesthesia, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, USA
• 2016 - Jean Edwards Procurement Director, Europe, Australia & Japan, Eli Lilly
• 2015 - Professor Ken Getz, Director and Associate Professor at CSDD, Tufts University School of Medicine

How the voting works

Voting is now open until 13 October 2021, 11pm GMT. We will impartially encourage our online community to vote; each finalist is also encouraged to reach out to their colleagues and contacts. Anyone in the online clinical trials community can vote, but only once each. Both voting and the opinion of the expert panel will be taken into account when choosing the winner.

Cast your vote for this year's Lifetime Achievement Award winner here.