Laura Faden is a senior research analyst at the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development. Her work at the center covers a broad range of topics including drug development innovation and economics, market and regulatory trends, CRO and investigative site issues and patient recruitment and retention trends. She has co-authored a number of publications and reports on these topics. Laura graduated Phi Beta Kappa in psychology from Boston University and is currently a Master of Public Health candidate with a concentration in policy and management at Tufts University School of Medicine.