Judy Carson-Gates is a consultant working in the pharmaceutical and device research industry since 1989. She currently provides monitoring, training, auditing, and management services for pharmaceutical and medical device companies on a contract basis. She has worked as a clinical trials consultant for over nine years. Her past experience includes: monitoring for phase I & IV trials and feasibility through post-marketing trials; developing and conducting training; auditing; managing pharmaceutical, device and outcomes studies; and managing a physician-based research practice. Her professional background also includes intensive care and high-risk obstetrics nursing and adult education for experiential team building, expectant parents and nursing students. She holds a Bachelor in Nursing and a Masters in Adult Education from the University of South Florida. She is a Certified Clinical Research Associate and is the past-president for the local Suncoast ACRP chapter.