The Mother of a Son with SCD, Applies Direct Experience to Her Clinical Trials Work

When Katrina Rice’s son was diagnosed with the rare, hematological disorder sickle cell disease, she got to spend a lot of time understanding how a rare disease affects the daily life of people with a condition and their caregivers. Her son, now 28, has become a participant in clinical trials, and that’s further broadened Rice’s perspective as chief delivery officer of biometrics services at the clinical trial data management and analytics company eClinical Solutions. We spoke to Rice about sickle cell disease, how her experience as a mother of a child with a rare disease has informed her professional life, and how she has used that to educate her colleagues and clinical trial sponsors about how to better engage with rare disease clinical trial participants.