Louise M. Murphy, PhD, MBA

Louise M. Murphy, PhD, MBA is President and CEO. She was Vice President, Clinical Informatics at ICON Clinical Research where she was responsible for the startup of the Irvine office and for US data management services. Prior to joining ICON, Dr. Murphy served as Vice President, Clinical Informatics at CoCensys, Inc., a biotechnology company. At CoCensys, she was responsible for biostatistics, clinical programming, medical writing, and drug safety. Previously she held positions with CRO firms and was responsible for the functions of data management, programming and biostatistics. Prior to her association with these CROs, Dr. Murphy held the position of Acting Director, Biostatistics at Allergan, Inc.

Dr. Murphy has over 23 years experience in research, 20 of these being in the pharmaceutical/biotechnology/CRO industry. She is a founding Director of the Society for Clinical Data Management and has held various positions within the PMA Clinical Data Management focus as well as having conducted courses in Clinical Data Management internationally. Dr. Murphy holds Masters and Doctorate Degrees in Experimental Medicine from McGill University, Montreal, Canada. While at McGill, she conducted research in cardiovascular mechanics and in respiratory physiology. Dr. Murphy also obtained an executive MBA from the University of California, Irvine.