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IRT - Interactive Response Technologies
October 14-15, 2025The Westin Copley Place, Boston

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

Profile

Zak Smith works on a variety of Tufts CSDD studies focusing on drug development performance, efficiency, economics, and innovation adoption. His research often focuses on protocol complexity, clinical trial participant and site burden, and diversity and representation in clinical trials. He also leads the analysis for the PACT consortium, which collects granular data on the use of DCT solutions and metrics of performance for the trials that deploy them. Many of these projects involve creating, compiling, and analyzing very large datasets. Zak completed his BS at Florida Southern College and received his MA from Brandeis University. He has worked as a research assistant at Harvard University and at the University of Massachusetts and began at Tufts CSDD as a research analyst.

Agenda Sessions

  • Tech Slam – Enabling Innovative Trials with New Technology

    4:00pm