Queer Health Conference 2024
SGM Alliance founder and CEO, Garo Kiledjian, traveled to Warsaw, Poland as the keynote speaker for Queer Health conference. This all-day conference, on June 18, 2024, was about queer inclusion in clinical research and healthcare was hosted by AstraZeneca and sponsored by Infarma, The Employers’ Union of Innovative Pharmaceutical Companies.
Health Equity Congress 2024
Our Chief Executive Officer, Garo Kiledjian, led a panel discussion on overcoming access barriers to healthcare for the SGM community on May 8th at the Health Equity in Clinical Trials Congress in Atlanta, GA.
SCRS IncluDE Summit 2024
Our Chief Executive Officer, Garo Kiledjian, led a panel discussion on inclusivity in clinical research on April 8th at the IncluDE Summit in Atlanta, GA.
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.
