Kelly Gash
Clinical research executive pioneering innovative trial designs, strategic partnerships, and technology adoption. Building high-performing teams that deliver measurable impact in oncology.
- Role
- Head of Development Operations, Oncology Early Development at AbbVie
- Location
- Seattle, WA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Kelly Gash
Drug-development leader and creative problem solver with experience building high-performing, multidisciplinary, global teams with a track record of accelerating clinical trials.THERAPEUTIC AREAS: oncology, hematology, immuno-oncology, ophthalmology, nephrology and orthopedics.TEAM LEADERSHIP: Build, grow and lead global teams (60 direct employees in 3 regions) across multiple disciplines including clinical operations, site and vendor alliances, data management, statistical programming, clinical reporting, process, training and compliance. INNOVATION: Building next-generation capabilities in clinical trials through a culture of innovation at all levels with shared vision for patients. Areas of experience and interest include RWD technology to drive clinical trial efficiency across site and patient selection, data collection and cleaning, and trial design; enrollment of representative patient populations (diversity and inclusion in clinical trials); and external control arms. OPERATING MODEL DEVELOPMENT: Experience working in and developing a variety of operating models including insourced, FSP, fully outsource and hybrid. Expertise developing cross-functional sourcing strategy from ground up, including assessment of capabilities to build, grow, or outsource; vendor selection and oversight; contract negotiation; internal global affiliate partnerships, and investigator engagement. GLOBAL CLINICAL TRIALS: Strategy and execution across all phases of drug development in pharma, biotech and CRO settings. Streamlined, efficient approaches to drug development with a track record for speed consistently delivering top quartile speed compared with industry benchmarks.
Experience
Head of Development Operations, Oncology Early Development
Jul 2024 — Present
Leading clinical operations, site engagement, data management, statistical programming, and clinical reporting functions to advance AbbVie\'s oncology pipeline.
Education
University of South Florida
Master's of Public Health, Epidemiology
Georgia Institute of Technology
Bachelor’s of Science, Biomedical Engineering
Skills
- Clinical Development
- Medidata
- Biotechnology
- Lifesciences
- Edc
- Therapeutic Areas
- Ctms
- Oncology
- Gcp
- Clinical Research
- Pharmaceutical Industry
- Fda
- Clinical Trials
- Clinical Operations
- Ich-Gcp
- CRO
- Life Sciences
- Clinical Monitoring
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