For over 30 years, DCRI Think Tanks have convened leaders across the healthcare industry to map the way forward in designing, conducting, and implementing high-quality, evidence-based research. Below, you'll find a summary of our past meetings and their resulting publications.
2026
AI in Clinical Development: Beyond the Discovery Phase: January 21-22, 2026 | Directors: Sreekanth Vemulapalli, MD, DCRI, and Michael E. Matheny, MD, MS, MPH, FACMI, FAMIA, Vanderbilt; Meeting Fellow: Husam Salah, MBBS, Duke University
2025
Making Adaptive Platform Trials Fit to Host Registration Trials of New Drugs and Devices: January 29-30, 2025 | Directors: Kanecia Zimmerman, MD, PhD, MPH, DCRI, and Derek Angus, MD, MPH, UPitt; Meeting Fellow: Benjamin Catanese, MD, Duke University | Read the Meeting Brief
Primary Care: The First and Last Mile: April 23-24, 2025 | Directors: Rowena Dolor, MD, MHS, DCRI, and Derek Angus, MD, MPP, Vanderbilt; Meeting Fellow: Ryan M. Kane, MD, MPH, Duke University | Read the Meeting Brief
From Survival to Significance: Evolving Endpoints Beyond Mortality and Related “Hard” Outcomes Across Clinical Research: October 8-9, 2025 | Directors: Lesley Inker, MD, MS, Tufts, and Christopher Mosher, MD, MHS, DCRI; Meeting Fellow: Kristin Corey, MD, Duke University | Read the Meeting Brief
2024
Embracing Generative AI in Clinical Research and Beyond: Opportunities, Challenges and Solutions: January 24-25, 2024 | Directors: Chris Lindsell, PhD, DCRI, Peter J. Embí, MD, MS, Vanderbilt University, and Chuan Hong, PhD, Duke University; Meeting Fellow: Henry Foote, MD, Duke University
- Embracing Generative Artificial Intelligence in Clinical Research and Beyond: Opportunities, Challenges, and Solutions, JACC: Advances, March 2025, Volume 4, Issue 3
The Power and Potential of Real-World Data in Randomized Clinical Trials: May 29-30, 2024 | Directors: Lisa Wruck, PhD, DCRI, and Stefan James, MD, PhD, Uppsala University; Meeting Fellow: Nina Nouhravesh, MD | Read the Meeting Brief
The State of Clinical Research and Healthcare: August 31, 2024 | Directors: Adrian Hernandez, MD, MHS, DCRI, and Mark McClellan, MD, PhD, Duke-Margolis | Read About the Meeting
Anti-Obesity Pharmacotherapy: An Urgent Need for Guidance and Access: October 16-17, 2024 | Directors: Neha Pagidipati, MD, MPH, DCRI, and Ania Jastreboff, MD, PhD, Yale University; Meeting Fellow: Pishoy Gouda, MB, BCH, BAO, MSC | Read the Meeting Brief
2023
An Ounce of Prevention, A Pound of Cure: January 25-26, 2023 | Directors: Clyde Yancy, MD, MSc, Northwestern University, and Christopher Granger, MD, DCRI; Meeting Fellow: Konstantin Krychtiuk, MD, DCRI
Developing Therapeutics for Rare Cardiovascular Diseases — Challenges and Opportunities: May 9-10, 2023 | Directors: Euan Ashley, MD, PhD, Stanford University, and Michael Felker, MD, MHS, DCRI; Meeting Fellow: Joseph Lerman, MD, DCRI
Misunderstanding Misinformation: A New Focus for the Next Health Offensive: July 26-27, 2023 | Directors: Emily O’Brien, PhD, DCRI, and Claire Wardle, PhD, Brown University
Realigning Incentive Structures to Accelerate Evidence Generation: October 25-26, 2023 | Directors: Scott Palmer, MD, MHS, DCRI, and Sir Martin Landray, FMedSci, University of Oxford; Meeting Fellow: Jeeyon Grace Rim, MD, DCRI
- Accelerating Evidence Generation: Addressing Critical Challenges and Charting a Path Forward, Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, October 2024
2022
Consumerization and Digitization of Healthcare: Where Marketing Meets Clinical Trials: January 26-27, 2022 | Directors: Christoph Hornik, MD, MPH, PhD, DCRI, and Megan Ranney, MD, MPH, Brown University; Meeting Fellow: Rachel Randall, MD, DCRI | Read the Executive Summary
- Consumerization and Digitization of Healthcare: Where Marketing Meets Clinical Trials, Contemporary Clinical Trials, September 2023, Volume 132, Issue
Preparing for the Next Pandemic: From EUA to Beyond: May 11-12, 2022 | Directors: Susanna Naggie, MD, DCRI, and Rajesh Gandhi, MD, Harvard University; Meeting Fellow: Shanti Narayansamy, MD, Duke | Read the Executive Summary
- Lessons from COVID-19 for Pandemic Preparedness: Proceedings from a Multi-Stakeholder Think Tank Meeting, Clinical Infectious Diseases, July 2023, Volume 77, Issue 12
Drug Development for the Top Five Chronic Health Conditions: July 27-28, 2022 | Directors: Neha Pagidipati, MD, DCRI, and Richard Schilsky, MD, FACP, FSCT, FASCO, University of Chicago; Meeting Fellow: Konstantin Krychtiuk, MD, PhD, PD, FESC
- Drug development for major chronic health conditions—aligning with growing public health needs: Proceedings from a multistakeholder think tank, Am Heart J, April 2024, Volume 270
Clinically Integrated Trials: From Policy to Practical: October 19-20, 2022 | Directors: Schuyler Jones, MD, DCRI, and Pamela Tenaerts, MD, MBA, Medable ; Meeting Fellow: Anthony Peters, MD, DCRI
For a list of DCRI Think Tanks and resulting publications prior to 2022, please contact the DCRI.