Virginia Chapter: Is Bigger Better? The Emergence of HUGE Site Networks and Who They're Right For

When:  Jul 8, 2026 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM (ET)
Associated with  ACRP Virginia Chapter

Is Bigger Better? The Emergence of HUGE Site Networks and Who They're Right For

 
Learning Objectives:
  1. Gain deeper insights into the market forces driving the growth of large investigative site networks and their increasing influence on clinical trial execution
  2. Understand the strengths, challenges, and performance characteristics of site networks relative to academic medical center-affiliated and independent research sites, including implications for patient recruitment, retention, study execution, and operational efficiency
  3. Learn practical strategies for sites and CROs to effectively engage with, compete against, or partner with large site networks to meet study performance, patient access, and business objectives 
Event Description:
Sponsors and Contract Research Organizations (CROs) are attracted to site networks because they can manage multiple locations through a single point of contact. Site networks have increasingly shifted from a minor industry niche into a dominant, private equity-backed model for accelerating drug development pipelines. A clinical research site network is an organized collaborative platform of independent or affiliated investigative sites that conduct clinical trials under a unified operational and administrative umbrella. 
 
Please register to learn more. Click here to view the impact report from the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development, March/April 2026. 
 
Speaker:
Joan Chambers
Senior Consultant
Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development
Tufts University School of Medicine 
 

Joan is a Senior Consultant at the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development, providing strategic guidance on special projects and the membership program. She serves on the US PharmaTimes Executive Steering Committee for CROY, as a judge for the Citeline Awards, and is a committee member for the CTTI Project Watchtower initiative. Additionally, she is a Program Committee Member for the DIA 2025-2027 Global Annual Meeting, Advisor for CHI’s SCOPE 2026 Site Engagement & Enablement track, and an Advisory Board member for the Pharmaceutical Business Conference Group and One Rare.

 
Registration Information:
Click here to register before 7/7/26. Each attendee is required to have their own registration – only one registration per transaction.
 
  • Chapter Member: $0
  • ACRP Member: $15
  • Non-Member: $30
 
After registering, please visit the event's community page to find the login information or any additional event updates, and to communicate with the event organizer. 
 
The educational portion of this event may be self-reported as 1 point toward an attendee’s Maintenance of Certification. These points are subject to review and acceptance by the Academy of Clinical Research Professionals in accordance with the criteria established. Attendees should keep a record of event participation in case they are randomly selected to participate in the maintenance verification process. The Chapter can provide a certificate of attendance upon request.

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Shay Brill

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