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In our latest visit with the ACRP Fellows as part of ACRP's 50th Anniversary celebration, we hear about the importance of supporting the clinical research workforce amidst rising technological and operational challenges while never forgetting the human side of clinical trials from MeeLee Tom, MS, CCRA, ACRP-CP, ACRP-PM, ACRP-MDP, FACRP.

As clinical trial team members seek to balance the eternal yin and yang of research projects’ often cold and technological-, regulatory-, and protocol-driven side vs. their very warm and human outreach-, recruitment-, and retention-focused elements, contributors to the next issue of ACRP’s Clinical Researcher journal remind readers that patient centricity must never be an afterthought in the pursuit of medical breakthroughs.

What makes being a project manager so unique in the context of the clinical research enterprise, where you’ll most likely find them working directly for sponsors, or based within contract research organizations, or operating as independent consultants? We scouted around for insights amongst holders of the ACRP Project Manager (ACRP-PM®) specialty certification, and here’s the feedback we received from a few of them about the paths they followed into project management and what they really do in their day-to-day jobs.

Recent findings about impressive dollar figures tied to productivity aside, many questions linger about the practical implications of the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in clinical trial settings, especially at the site level. This blog highlights the perspectives of three authors whose peer-reviewed articles on different aspects of AI integration with clinical research workflows are forthcoming in ACRP's Clinical Researcher journal.

Clinical trial interoperability has evolved beyond a technology integration initiative. It has become an operational priority that influences study execution, data quality, regulatory readiness, and decision-making across the clinical development lifecycle. As organizations seek to modernize their clinical platforms, engineering delivery models are also evolving to support closer alignment between technology implementation and business outcomes. Forward Deployed Engineering is emerging as one such delivery model.