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FSP Implementation Expertise: Lisa Stetler  | Catalyst Clinical Research

Article in a series highlighting expertise of employees. Second series developed concurrently to highlight global workforce. Managed entire project, including question development, editing, and posting. Lisa Stetler, Senior Director, FSP Implementation, Catalyst Flex, has more than 26 years in the clinical research industry.  She is a statistical programmer and managed teams for over 22 years. She has managed more than programming groups, which includes global programming departments and large biometrics teams. In addition, she created internship programs at more than one company.Lisa majored in sociology and statistics, giving her a slightly unusual statistical programmer’s background enhanced...

Eliminating New HIV Infections by 2030

In the beginning of the HIV/AIDS epidemic — before the drug discoveries, antiretroviral, and other treatments — the mortality rate for patients was 95.5 percent. During those years, many patients would not live more than a year. As treatment options evolved and expanded the mortality rate fell, and most can now live to nearly their full life span. A key milestone in the fight against the epidemic arrived a decade ago when the first preventive treatment — a pre-exposure prophylactic (PrEP) — was

Addressing Diabetes Care Challenges

Approximately 34 million American adults have been diagnosed with diabetes. On average, managing diabetes costs more than $9,600 a year per patient, and costs for a plan member with diabetes are 2.3 times higher for payors than for someone without diabetes. Traditional diabetes management programs, which have changed little in the past decade, have resulted in only 23 percent of U.S. patients with diabetes achieving comprehensive diabetes and cardiovascular risk factor goals. Members who do not