Greening Clinical Trials: Opportunities, Challenges and Open Questions

Abstract

The event will explore with the speakers/audience the environmental impacts of clinical trials and the ecosystem of actors, tools and communities of practice working on greening clinical trials. We will bring key actors in the field in conversation with the research community with the goal of sharing helpful resources, discussing challenges and raising some broader questions.

EVENT DETAILS

Agenda

2 to 2.10pm Welcome from the chair

2.10 to 2.50pm Talks from the Speakers

2.50 to 3.30pm Speakers in conversation with Federica and the audience

3.30 to 4pm Refreshments and Networking

Location

This is an in person event in The Big Data Institute, Seminar Room 0, Lower Ground floor.

Speakers

Chair: Federica Lucivero

Federica Lucivero is an Associate Professor in Ethics of Technology at the Ethox Centre, Oxford Population Health. Federica’s research explores ethical questions related to the environmental sustainability of scientific research using digital infrastructures and large datasets. She co-leads the Wellcome funded SHARE research project,  co-directs the Shade Research Hub at the intersection of sustainability, health, AI and digital technologies and chairs the Sustainable Health Data Conversations.

Speakers and Panellists:

• Carly Santer started her career in academic medical research driven by an interest in how human health and healthcare systems have evolved in response to our environment, along with the impact that healthcare has on the environment. She transitioned from academic laboratory research to clinical research / clinical trials within large, corporate organisations to increase her positive impact on human health and well-being. Carly is a Strategic Advisor on climate and health for the Sustainable Healthcare Coalition and a Visiting Fellow at Hult International Business School, based in the Sustainability Lab focusing on Impact Research exploring organisational action on climate and health.
• Joanna Bell is a Programme Lead at the Sustainable Healthcare Coalition leading the industry Low Carbon Clinical Trial (iLCCT) consortium. She is a business transformation professional and an alumnus of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL). She has 20 years of experience working in the Contract Research Organisation sector advocating for sustainable clinical trial practice.

• Mike Hill is the Laboratory Scientific Director of the Wolfson Laboratory at Oxford Population Health, a central facility supporting large-scale international clinical trials and observational studies. His research team focuses on developing reliable, cost-effective, and scalable laboratory methods that not only enable high-quality population health research but also support environmentally sustainable practices through efficient resource use, streamlined workflows, and reduced laboratory waste.

• Sarah Clark is a Research Fellow in the Wolfson Laboratory who leads the Specialist Assay team.  Sarah is also a member of the Laboratory Management team and provides support to the LEAF working group with the introduction of initiatives to improve the sustainability of the lab.

Registration

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