Hosted by Liam Eves and Ted Trafford · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 54 episodes
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Welcome to Innovating Clinical Trials, the podcast designed for clinical research professionals eager to deepen their understanding of clinical trials through concise, insightful segments. Join your hosts, Liam Eves and Ted Trafford, as they uncover the core issues in clinical research, reflect on the industry, and challenge conventional wisdom. Ted Trafford - https://probitymedical.com/ With 30 years of experience in clinical research, Ted serves as the Director of Business Development, driving business growth and leading Feasibility and Site Relationship teams at Probity Medical Research, a clinical trial site administrative support company with a consortium of 75+ sites across four countries. As a writer and speaker, Ted contributes to thought leadership and strategic initiatives in the clinical trials industry, leveraging his extensive experience and creative approach to drive meaningful discussion and progress for Sponsors, CROs, Sites and Technology Vendors.<b
Liam Eves and Ted Trafford hosts Innovating Clinical Trials, a science show with 54 episodes published.
In this episode, Ted opens with a poem that captures the persistent, compounding burden on clinical trial sites: 50-page consents, non-functional tech, poached CRCs, financial holdbacks, and study designs that ask far to
In this episode, Liam and Ted explore one of the most underexamined problems in clinical trial recruitment: patient motivation is not static. Drawing on real-world experience from a late-night participant funnel audit to
In the final episode of our three-part series with Jill Fikowski, founder and CEO of Changemark Research + Evaluation, we get into one of the most persistent problems in clinical research: retention. Jill unpacks why par
In Part 2 of our conversation with Jill Fikowski, founder and CEO of Changemark Research + Evaluation, we get into what good community engagement actually looks like in practice not as a checkbox, but as a core design pr
Jill Fikowski, founder and CEO of Changemark Research + Evaluation, brings 25+ years of lived and professional experience in substance use and mental health research. In this episode we cover her work on the SALOME trial
Clinical trials don’t become complex overnight, they get there one added process at a time. In this episode, Ted and Liam break down why the industry is so effective at adding new layers, but rarely takes the time to rem
A 5 AM wake-up call. A perfectly planned setup. And a moment that never delivered. In this episode, Liam and Ted use a story about a missed “blood moon” to explore a deeper truth in clinical trials: expectations don’t al
What does it actually mean to put the patient first? In this episode, Liam and Ted explore the role of empathy and human connection in clinical trials. From rushed pre-screening calls to a powerful story of pausing a con
What makes a truly high-performing team? Inspired by the precision of Formula One pit crews, where the difference between winning and losing is measured in milliseconds, Ted and Liam explore what clinical trial teams can
In Part 3 of 3, Liam and Ted continue their conversation with Frank Watanabe, CEO of Arcutis Biotherapeutics discussing work-life balance, building social capital, and management vs. leadership. The conversation explores
In Part 2 of 3, Liam and Ted continue their conversation with Frank Watanabe, CEO of Arcutis Biotherapeutics, focusing on what it takes to hire and build high-performing teams in high-risk environments. Frank shares how
In this episode, Liam and Ted sit down with Frank Watanabe, President and CEO of Arcutis Biotherapeutics, to explore his journey from a Navy officer to a biotech executive and the leadership principles established along
A patient in a database is not a patient in a trial. So why do we keep treating feasibility like a headcount? Fresh from a week deep in feasibility work, Liam introduces four characters who show up and cause chaos in alm
In elite sports, races are often won or lost in the transition, and Liam and Ted argue that the same is true in clinical trials. Drawing on the precision of Olympic relay racing, they make the case that the handoff point
Using a David Letterman-inspired “Top 10” format, the conversation highlights common feasibility pitfalls faced by sponsors, CROs, and clinical trial sites, including overly complex questionnaires, unrealistic enrollment
Why do clinical trials struggle even when teams are experienced and well-intentioned? In this episode, Liam and Ted explore why these outcomes are rarely about individual performance and far more often about system-level
Eligibility criteria are meant to bring clarity to clinical trials, but in practice, they often do the opposite. In this episode of Innovating Clinical Trials, Liam and Ted unpack how poorly worded, ambiguous, or misalig
In this episode, Liam and Ted unpack why enrollment behaves more like an operating system rather than a standalone process. They explore the question of ownership, the role sponsors play through protocol design, and how
In this episode of Innovating Clinical Trials, Liam and Ted explore why building strong relationships with clinical trial sites requires more than dedicated relationship teams, it requires fixing problems at their source
In this episode of Innovating Clinical Trials, Liam and Ted explore what determines the trajectory of a clinical trial and why success often depends on preparation, collaboration, and the ability to adapt when things don
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