Roundtables

The Industry Roundtable convenes cross‑sector stakeholders during the annual Translational Science conference to address shared challenges and opportunities in clinical and translational research through focused, non‑proprietary discussion.

The Industry Roundtable brings together:

• Academic research leaders
• Industry partners
• Advocacy organizations
• Federal agency representatives (NIH, FDA, CMS, PCORI)

Focus areas include:

• Improving clinical trials and medical product development
• Streamlining and modernizing regulatory processes
• Advancing pre‑competitive research collaboration

Roundtable outcomes are published and shared with member institutions.

Translational Science conference registration is required.

 

 

The IT Roundtable is a virtual event for academic health center IT leaders that supports discussion of key infrastructure issues in clinical research. Established in 2005, it remains one of the Clinical Research Forum’s most active initiatives.

Focus areas include:

• Clinical care and clinical research data integration
• Data warehousing and data security
• Electronic health record platforms
• Governance and operational best practices

Details for the 2026 IT Roundtable will be announced later this year.

 

Planning Committee

Conference Chair

Daniel E. Ford, MD, MPH
IT Roundtable Chairman, Clinical Research Forum
David M. Levine Professor of Medicine and Psychiatry
Senior Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Research
Director, Institute for Clinical and Translational Research
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Planning Committee Participants:

Thomas R. Campion, Jr., PhD
Chief Research Informatics Officer
Weill Cornell Medicine 

Timothy R. Huerta, PhD
CRIO & Associate Dean for Research Information Technology
Ohio State College of Medicine and the Wexner Medical Center

Manoj Kandpal, PhD
Director of Research Bioinformatics, Hospital Administration
Rockefeller University

Albert M. Lai, PhD, FACMI, FAMIA
Chief Research Information Officer
Deputy Director, Institute for Informatics
Professor, Department of Medicine
Professor, Computer Science & Engineering
Washington University in St. Louis

Daniella Meeker, PhD
Associate Professor of Biomedical Informatics & Data Science
Yale School of Medicine

Eugene M. Sadhu, MD
Associate Chief Research Information Officer
Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Informatics
University of Pittsburgh

Karen Wang, MD, MHS
Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine & Biostatistics
Yale School of Medicine

Mark Weiner, MD
Senior Director, Clinical Informatics
Regeneron Genetics Center

Interested in what to expect in 2026? View the 2025 event details below.

Keynote

Susan K. Gregurick, PhD
Associate Director for Data Science
Director of the Office of Data Science Strategy
National Institute of Health

Moderator

Daniel E. Ford, MD, MPH
IT Roundtable Chairman, Clinical Research Forum
David M. Levine Professor of Medicine and Psychiatry
Senior Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Research
Director, Institute for Clinical and Translational Research
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine