Susan P. Landis serves as the Executive Director for the Association of Clinical Research Professionals. With more than 16,000 members, ACRP is the only non-profit organization solely dedicated to representing, supporting, and advocating for clinical research professionals.

Prior to joining the Association, Susan led Strategic Engagement & Marketing Communications for the Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI), the largest academic research institute in the world. While at Duke, Susan established and led the DCRI Research Communications & Engagement group and created ResearchTogether™, a model for championing patient engagement at every phase in clinical research trials and studies. Susan also served as a study team member on commercial-funded interventional and outcome studies and several large government-funded trials, including the Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes program (ECHO), the ABC Science Collaborative, and RADx-UP.

Prior to joining Duke, Susan worked at Quintiles (now IQVIA) as an executive for the company’s Patient Engagement division. She also managed the company’s branding initiatives and thought leadership program and served as a corporate communications business partner for the company’s business units that represented more than $5 billion and 30,000 employees.