Dr. Christina Brennan MD, MBA, CCRC

Christina Brennan, MD, MBA, CCRC, has devoted her career to clinical research and currently serves as Northwell Health’s senior vice president of clinical research. Committed to the advancement of science and medicine, Christina has more than 23 years of extensive clinical research experience, including more than 19 years in clinical research management roles. She received the Christine Pierre Clinical Trials Lifetime Achievement award in 2023 for the Clinical Trials Europe. She is on the Board of Trustees for the Association of Clinical Research Professionals and the Steering Committee of the Clinical Trials Transformation Initiative (CTTI) in partnership with Duke University and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and on the Advisory Board for Florence Healthcare. She also sits on the Oncology Advisory Board and Technology Site Advocacy Group with the Society for Clinical Research Sites (SCRS). She is also an active member of Women in Bio and the American College of Healthcare Executives. Christina also has authored chapters in textbooks, coauthored many manuscripts and abstracts, presented at numerous scientific and research meetings, and developed a clinical trial budget course for the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI Program). She is an adjunct professor at Yeshiva University and CUNY York College, teaching graduate students on clinical trials.