Shann Williams
Vice President, Global Business and Finance Operations
Shann Williams
Vice President, Global Business and Finance Operations
Shann Williams oversees global cross-functional business and financial operations. In this role, she partners with operations to optimize Rho’s talent, technology, and workflows and leads corporate transformational change initiatives and globalization efforts to ensure Rho stays agile to meet our evolving public health and client needs. Since joining Rho in 2004, Ms. Williams has served in clinical operations leadership and executive management roles, overseeing full-service clinical trials and large federally funded research networks including directing the NIAID-DAIT Statistical and Clinical Coordinating Center at Rho, providing oversight to 90+ research studies and management for 120+ staff. Ms. Williams’ functional area expertise includes clinical monitoring, clinical project management, data management, trial master file standards, quality assurance, corporate change management best practices, and global finance and accounting processes. She has implemented several industry compliant clinical software systems as well as Rho’s global accounting and finance solution. This breadth of experience enables her to provide expert guidance to Rho leaders and project teams, ensuring the right approach for Rho’s clients. Ms. Williams’ passion is enabling Rho’s project teams to execute nimbly while adhering to the highest quality standards. Ms. Williams is a member of several industry groups and holds certifications from Harvard Business School, the University of North Carolina School of Public Health, and the Project Management Institute.
Content by Shann Williams
Webinar
Putting Patient-Centric Principles into Practice
This webinar will explore the rationale for implementing patient-centered practices and offer guidance for initiating patient-centered approaches to research. Presenters will review practical strategies for engaging patients in the clinical trial process without sacrificing research quality or adding untenable costs to your trials. With more than 20 years of experience successfully implementing patient-centered strategies, our experts share which factors matter to patients and how to design trials that honor their needs and desires.
Blog Post
Key Takeaways from the 2nd Annual Strategies in Patient Centered Clinical Research Conference
Patient centricity is garnering broad attention in our industry, but finding time to thoroughly explore the principles and practices of the movement can be difficult. We were excited to spend two full days immersed in discussion and collaboration with some of the industry pioneers in patient-centered clinical research. We wanted to share our take on the main themes and trends that stood out to us from the event.
Blog Post
Practical Strategies to Simplify Patient Centricity: Part 2—Patient Stories & the Importance of Communication
This is the second in a series of blog posts on putting patient-centric principles into practice. Excellent retention practices, such as those shared in the first article in this series, are a great first step but before we implement them and call it a day, we need to ask ourselves, why are we doing this? Our motivations tend to guide our actions and communications.
Blog Post
Practical Strategies to Simplify Patient Centricity: Part 1—Overview
This is the first in a series of blog posts on putting patient-centric principles into practice. How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time, right? Specifically, how do we eat the elephant of patient centricity? We can employ simple, actionable, “bite-sized” strategies that will move us closer to a more patient-centric approach.
