Linda Lillis, MS, has over 20 years of experience in the clinical research industry and joined the DCRI in 2007 as a clinical data operations manager. From 2013 to 2020, she served as an associate director for DCRI’s Clinical Events Classification-Safety Surveillance (CEC-SS) and Imaging groups.
In her current role, Lillis is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations for DCRI’s Industry Trials group, which reaches across multiple services, ensuring that the group is in alignment with DCRI’s mission, vision, and goals. Lillis works closely with DCRI’s other operational leaders to ensure shared learning and consistency. She fosters engagement and retention of staff in support of a high-performing, results-oriented environment that emphasizes operational excellence and accountability. Lillis works closely with therapeutic area leaders and faculty to identify staff expertise and operational capabilities and reinforce the importance of the Institute’s faculty and operational partnership.
In her early career, Lillis held several professional management roles in commercial CROs and hospitals in the State University of New York (SUNY) system. She received both her bachelor’s degree in medical technology and her master’s degree in natural sciences/epidemiology from SUNY.