Karlin Schroeder

About Karlin Schroeder

Thought leader in patient engagement, driving the paradigm shift toward involving representative patients in research design and implementation. Interests include patient engagement with payers, regulatory affairs, training patients and researchers for collaborations, building communication skills between scientists and lay audiences, community based participatory research, health literacy, designing patient reported outcomes tools, engagement across the total product lifecycle including access to care, developing patient engagement resources and best practices and continuing to refine methodology and metrics in this field.

Experience

1. Total Product Life Cycle Advisory Program (Tap) Advisor, Patient Insights

   FDA

   Nov 2024 — Present · New York, NY, US

   Served as subject matter expert on patient insights with the Total Product Life Cycle Advisory Program (TAP) to medtech companies, from start-up to large organizations. Strategically and expeditiously integrated patient insights into product development, including early development, clinical study planning and execution, and market adoption to expedite patient access to innovative medical devices across various disease areas. Facilitated engagement between medtech innovators. and patient communities.

Education

• Lebanon Valley College

  BS, Psychobiology, Psychology

  1995 — 1999

• Sarah Lawrence College

  MA, Health Advocacy

  2005 — 2007