Is Your Site Strategy Ready for FDA’s Access Push?

Amanda Strickland is a clinical research leader with more than 15 years of experience, including over a decade dedicated to Patient Recruitment and Retention. As the Director of Recruitment & Retention External Strategy, she leads a global team with focus on the development of innovative, patient‑centric enrollment strategies and strengthens sponsor partnerships to accelerate clinical trial delivery. Driven by a commitment to improving patient outcomes, she is passionate about advancing transformative therapies through collaborative leadership and operational consistency, and strategic foresight.

Adele Stevenson-Lampard is Director of Patient Concierge Services at Syneos Health, leading global patient support operations across more than 40 countries, including travel, reimbursement, visit scheduling, and call center services. She focuses on reducing patient burden and easing site workload through integrated, patient centered solutions. With a background spanning patient advocacy, site engagement, and global operations, including work with Cancer Research UK, Adele frequently speaks on improving trial experience and operational efficiency.

Ashley is a clinical research leader with 15+ years’ experience across clinical operations, site leadership, and enterprise-wide DEI & Community Engagement strategy. As Associate Director of Research Inclusion & Representation at Syneos Health, she leads a global team advancing equitable, inclusive practices across trial design, recruitment, and site & community engagement. Her work bridges community insight with industry solutions; designing and implementing strategies that reduce barriers to research participation and reflect the lived realities of historically marginalized and underserved populations.