Dr Femida Gwadry-Sridhar

Femida is an expert in evidence generation and the use of real-world data for the life sciences lifecycle. She is trained as a pharmacist, clinical epidemiologist, and methodologist with over 25 years of experience in clinical trials, patient registries, knowledge translation, and health analytics. Femida has received more than $10 million in research funding as a principal investigator or co-investigator. She was awarded a career scientist award in 2006 from the Canadian Institute of Health Research and through her work founded the first knowledge translation health informatics lab in North America, creating a collaborative ecosystem for interdisciplinary research. Recently she was recognized as a lifetime fellow of CIHR for her contributions to global research with impact. Femida has published over 220 manuscripts and abstracts in top tier journals. Femida is a founding member of methodology groups at ISPOR and has supported several entrepreneurs in emerging technologies and AI. Femida is also a board member on a publicly traded CRO