Tara Anne Kervin, MPH

VP Global Operations & Consulting, International Drug Development Institute (IDDI)

Tara Anne Kervin is the VP global operations & consulting and VP, IDDI Inc. at International Drug Development Institute. Before joining IDDI in 2022 as Managing Director, IDDI Inc., Tara started her diverse career in the pharmaceutical and clinical trials industry at Covidien. She later joined WCG Statistics Collaborative, Inc. in 2010 and served in various management positions, responsible for Independent Data Monitoring Committee (IDMC) coordination, project management, and scientific writing to ultimately serving as the director of operations of the company. Tara obtained her B.A. in psychology from Hobart and William Smith Colleges and her MPH In epidemiology and biostatistics from George Washington University. Tara has served as the independent reporting statistician for a wide variety of late-phase studies and is particularly passionate about the design and analysis of clinical trials in psychiatric disorders and rare diseases, as well as best practices in IDMC and safety reporting.

Talk to Tara about these topics and more: 

  • Independent Data Monitoring Committees (IDMCs; also known as Data and Safety Monitoring Boards [DSMBs])
  • Best practices in clinical data science and biometrics operations
  • Clinical trial design and interim analysis
  • Biostatistical consulting and regulatory interaction

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