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In her upcoming presentation for ACRP 2027 in San Diego, Sahar Zahid, MD, will examine the “butterfly effect” of such actions as a single copy-and-paste from a source document into an AI tool by one professional potentially having repercussions downwind for participant privacy, sponsor confidentiality, contractual obligations, institutional policy, vendor governance, data security, study integrity, and organizational trust.

Most research organizations have no shortage of performance metrics. Enrollment rates, activation timelines, participant retention, protocol deviations, and financial measures all provide valuable insight into how research programs are performing. Yet these measures do not always answer a fundamental question, understanding not all trials require the same effort to achieve the same result?: What did it actually cost to achieve those results?

In celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month, ACRP is pleased to share the following contribution from Estephanie Charria, RN, BSN, CCRC, for whom this month is more than a celebration of where she comes from—it is an opportunity to reflect on how her heritage has shaped the way she sees healthcare, advocacy, and the people she has the privilege of serving.

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.