PODCAST: The real world and Einstein: Dr. Asha Collins talks clinical trials
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In this episode, we speak with Dr. Asha Collins, Vice President, Clinical Trials Sourcing at McKesson. Asha shares her journey from cancer researcher to clinical trials sourcing expert, and how her passion for building community and improving efficiency drive her decisions about where she puts her energy. This includes her commitment to improving access to health services in East Africa, her role as a mentor with the Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association, and her investment in women social entrepreneurs.
Dr. Asha S. Collins leads the US Clinical Trial Sourcing business at McKesson Corporation. In this position, she leads the restructuring of the multi-hundred million dollar business that sources commercial products for research purposes. Within the first year, she established a new organizational operating model, implemented a new technology platform and standardized processes across a matrix organization that spans the US.
Prior to McKesson, Asha focused on creating new operating models for leading biopharmaceutical companies as a management consultant. At Quintiles Consulting, she focused on operational transformation and optimization in Clinical Development organizations. This included the generation of industry-leading clinical research outsourcing strategies, optimization of clinical development operations and the design and implementation of change management strategies. In this role, she helped define the transformation strategy for three different strategic partnerships with biopharmaceutical companies, partnerships valued at hundreds of millions USD. At Deloitte, Asha led the global process redesign of a clinical development process for the largest pharmaceutical company in the world.
In addition to her passion for transforming biopharmaceutical companies, Asha is equally passionate about using her skills and experience to build communities. She is a mentor for Backstage Capital, helps lead community activities with Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association, an angel investor and syndicate lead with Pipeline Angels, and has ongoing work focused on improving healthcare access in East Africa.
Asha Collins earned a Ph.D. in Cancer Biology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a B.S. in Biology from the University of Pittsburgh. She currently lives in the Bay Area with her husband and their adorable French Bulldog.
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