Dr Karen J Williams, Senior Director of Project Management and Clinical Operations

Dr Williams has a BSc (Hons) in biology and PhD in bioengineering both from the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland. Dr Williams started her clinical research career as a CRA in a company specializing in controlled release systems then moved to large pharma (Boehringer Mannheim) where, for 9 years, she had clinical development responsibility for a variety of compounds (oncology, cardiology, respiratory, renal, and hepatic). In this position she had responsibility for trials in these therapeutic areas nationally (UK) and internationally. Thereafter, Dr Williams moved into the CRO industry where she managed small CROs for 5 years, then for the 7 years prior to joining Sticares InterACT, she was a freelance clinical research consultant taking on short and long term contracts.

Dr Williams spent 2 years on a full time contract with Novartis Oncology and 4 years with Pfizer Oncology where she had responsibility for all operational activities for three oncology compounds, one of which had an NDA submitted in 2011. Dr Williams has been responsible for managing more than 50 oncology trials over the course of her career including breast, prostate, ovarian, non small cell lung, small cell lung, hepatocellular, renal cell, pancreatic, gastric and colorectal cancers, multiple myeloma, hypercalcaemia of malignancy and bone metastases. Many of these trials, which span phases I - IV, were global. Many of these studies had different components such as multiple vendors for monitoring, data management, central labs, core labs for ECGs and/or imaging.