SCOPE Summit 2024
Our Chief Executive Officer, Garo Kiledjian, and Chief Research Officer, Jessica Brescher, MPH both hosted panel discussions on the morning of February 14th, and SGM Alliance was an honoree for the Eighth Annual Participation Award at the SCOPE Summit for Clinical Ops Executives in Orlando, FL.
SGM Alliance Fundraiser 2023
Paul Thomas and SGM Alliance board members Dr. Michael Wohlfeiler and Dr. Matthew Schabath, Jessica Brescher, Lorena Kuri, and Garo Kiledjian hosted a fundraiser during LGBTQ+ History Month, where they discussed some of the issues within healthcare currently impacting the LGBTQIA+ community on October 23, 2023, in Miami, FL.
CDISC 2023
Helena Sviglin, FDA; Donna Sattler, BMS; Korey Hendricks, BMS, Scout, National LGBT Cancer Network; and Garo Kiledjian, CEO of SGM Alliance, participated as panelists at the CDISC conference covering Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Intersex Data Collection during the Panel Discussion: A patient journey navigating SGM healthcare inequities on October 18-19 2023, in Falls Church, VA.
National LGBTQ TaskForce Gala 2023
Garo Kiledjian, CEO of SGM Alliance, attended the National LGBTQ Task Force Gala, serving as a Gala Executive Committee Member, After Party Director, and the Task Force featured SGM Alliance in the Gala Journal on October 14, 2023, in Miami, FL.
ALPFA 2023
Lorena Kuri, Chief Strategic Development Officer, received the Outstanding Latina Leadership Award from the Association of Latino Professionals (ALPFA) New Jersey Chapter on October 7 2023 in Newark, NJ.
SGM NYU Conference 2023
SGM Alliance’s Chief Research Officer Jessica Brescher participated in a panel on patient advocacy and presented a poster at the Science of Cancer Equity in SGM Communities Conference at NYU, winning the best poster award on October 7, 2023, in New York, NY.
SCRS Global Summit 2023
Amanda Wright, Javara; Bree Burks, Veeva Systems; Wilfredo De Jesus-Monge MD, clinicaLea; Anne-Marie Baughn, RX Trials; and Garo Kiledjian, CEO of SGM Alliance spoke on a panel on Staff Retention Strategies for a New Era at the Global SCRS (Society for Clinical Research Sites) conference from October 5 to 8, 2023 in Fort Lauderdale, FL.
SCRS West Summit 2023
Diana Foster, Total Diversity; Angel Akinbinu, Syneos; Alan Lane, OneStudy Team; Stephen Rouse, Triomics; and Garo Kiledjian, CEO of SGM Alliance, spoke as panelists at the SCRS West Clinical Tech and Innovation Summit and discussed the topic of Utilizing Technology to Increase Diversity and Expand Recruitment on June 7, 2023 in Phoenix, AZ.
SCRS Diversity Summit 2023
Garo Kiledjian, CEO, and Jessica Brescher, Chief Research Officer of SGM Alliance; Danielle Mitchell, Black Women in Clinical Research; Judy Galindo, Latinos in Clinical Research; Jane Thurston, Parexel; and Brandon Doyle, Takeda, spoke as panelists for Advocacy in Motion, where Garo revealed some of the issues currently facing the HIV+/- community in clinical trials and a second breakout session to discuss The Unique Challenges Facing The LGBTQIA+ Community on March 29-April 2, 2023 in Austin TX.
