Denise Calaprice, PhD

Senior Consultant
WCG Avoca
 

Dr. Denise Calaprice is a Senior Consultant with WCG Avoca. After receiving her Bachelor’s degree in Biology from Harvard University and her MS and PhD from Princeton, Dr. Calaprice entered the world of clinical research as an NIH fellow at Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1994.  During the subsequent decades, she acquired extensive experience in directing clinical research programs, as well as in developing innovative development and operational strategies, in a variety of settings including academia, government, a CRO, a large global pharmaceutical company, a small biotechnology company.

In her 14 years with WCG Avoca, Dr. Calaprice has provided support to pharmaceutical companies, clinical service providers, university investigators, industry consortia, and government agencies engaged in clinical research, with a focus on partnering strategies, relationship management, metric development, protocol quality, patient engagement, risk management, “lean” development strategies, and business data analysis.   Among other accomplishments, she has developed a novel quality metrics taxonomy that has been adopted by top Pharma organizations, as well as leading the development of the Avoca Patient Engagement Playbook.