Multi-Regional Clinical Trials Center of Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard
Sylvia Baedorf Kassis, MPH, is a Program Director at the Multi-Regional Clinical Trials Center of Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard. Sylvia champions efforts to make clinical research more understandable and accessible to patients, participants, and caregivers through her work on Health Literacy in Clinical Research, Return of Results, and the first-of-its-kind, plain language Clinical Research Glossary. In addition, she supports other MRCT Center initiatives in applying health literacy principles to their outputs. Sylvia is passionate about patient/participant engagement, and as such strives for inclusivity in the programs she leads so that patient/participant voices are prioritized.
Sylvia’s clinical research interests include: understanding study participants’ experiences in research and incorporating their insights into study processes; supporting research coordinators through networks and training; and ensuring all research stakeholders have the resources they need to conduct ethical and compliant studies involving study participants and their data/samples.
Sylvia earned a Master of Public Health degree in Global Health from Boston University School of Public Health (2008) and a Bachelor of Science from the University of Toronto (2001).
Monday, December 4, 2023
2:15 PM – 3:15 PM ET