Responsibly Advancing the Use of AI in Clinical Trials: Current Landscape, Common Misconceptions and Future Opportunities

Todd Rudo, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Clario

As Clario’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Todd Rudo provides medical and scientific leadership across the organization. Passionate about leveraging Clario’s scientific resources to support customer success, Dr. Rudo has focused efforts on developing expertise across a range of therapeutic areas. His team provides expert consulting to clients on scientific and regulatory strategy, and ensures Clario’s product portfolio is scientifically robust, generating high quality clinical trial endpoint data. Dr. Rudo has a particular interest in applying innovative technologies to improve the scientific rigor of clinical trials, while also maintaining focus on patient and site burden. With nearly 20 years of clinical cardiology and pharmaceutical research experience, Dr. Rudo has focused predominantly on drug safety, working across a wide range of therapeutic areas.

Lauren Misztal, Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Clario

Lauren Misztal is a business-oriented and solutions-driven legal advisor who draws on close to two decades of experience successfully resolving complex legal and regulatory issues. Prior to joining Clario, Lauren held senior legal and compliance roles at Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals and McKesson Corporation and was an associate and Of Counsel at Quinn Emanuel LLP. Lauren began her legal career as a trial attorney at the US Department of Justice after clerking for a federal judge in Washington, DC.

She received her JD from Georgetown University Law Center and her bachelor’s degree from Georgetown University. Prior to attending law school, Lauren was a financial analyst at Goldman Sachs. As Clario’s General Counsel, Lauren focuses on setting the Company’s global legal strategy and leads teams dedicated to supporting our commercial relationships, counselling on data privacy regulations and mitigating risk.

Gaurav Josan, Senior Vice President, R&D, Clario

Gaurav Josan is an accomplished technology professional with extensive experience working in the pharmaceutical and medical imaging industries. She has spent her career focused on clinical research and is an expert in building and leading software implementation teams. Since 2018, she has overseen the implementation of more than 30 AI models across the Clario technology platform with a steady focus on effectively expediting data collection, decreasing variability, strengthening patient privacy and increasing the quality of data.