15 Jul Strategizing improvement within the Clinical Trials Institute
By Mary Ellen Gabriel, UW School of Medicine and Public Health
Lynda S. Bader is the director of clinical trials strategic initiatives for the UW Clinical Trials Institute (CTI). She was recently honored with a Regents Academic Staff Excellence Award, the highest recognition bestowed by the Universities of Wisconsin, for her leadership of strategic initiatives that have greatly improved the clinical trials landscape at UW–Madison.
The Clinical Trials Institute was formally established in 2023 as a partnership between the School of Medicine and Public Health and UW Health to support clinical research professionals and participants as they advance discovery in the prevention, detection and treatment of disease. Bader said that her role, which she assumed in 2021, “did not come with a playbook,” but the goal was clear: Build systems and processes that support enterprise-wide clinical research today and allow for future growth.
Bader draws on her academic training and her prior work experience in strategic, enterprise-level planning to lead change and facilitate process improvements on behalf of CTI. Read more…