Karen Curran

Karen Curran is Vice President, Global Strategic Partnerships at IQVIA. She has over 25 years’ experience with clinical research organizations leading global teams across Standards & Innovation, Data Management, Statistics, Statistical Programming and Medical Writing. Karen provides strategic direction and guidance on building and optimizing processes and outsourcing strategies for sponsors that result in successful long-term partnerships. Karen has been actively involved with organizations supporting the industry; she is currently the 2022 PHUSE US Connect Chair, she was the co-chair of the 2021 conferences and Panelist on Leaders in Innovation session, was the 2019 and 2020 Chair of the Leadership stream focusing on industry best practices around global strategies and innovation.

Karen was an early adopter of CDISC and has consulted with companies on best practice solutions since 2004. Prior to IQVIA, she held roles as the Vice President and General Manager at CSG, and the Vice President of Global Strategic Partnerships at Covance. Karen received her BS in Mathematics from Shippensburg University, and her MBA from Penn State University.