Teri Karcher, Ph.D.

Teri Karcher is President, Global Project Leadership and Launch Excellence, for Parexel. In this role, she leads our teams collaborating with internal stakeholders and external customers to bring operational and commercial insights, innovation and optimization to support end-to-end delivery across every clinical trial ─ from study strategy and pre-award to start-up through project leadership and execution ─  enabling more seamless and faster drug development and ultimately driving study success.

Most recently, Teri led the transformation of our patient and site strategy, feasibility, study start-up and investigator payments team. She has more than 20 years’ experience in the CRO industry (including what is now Syneos Health) across both operational and commercial roles.  Her experience includes leadership of enterprise account partnerships with Parexel’s largest customers and work across project leadership as a Senior Portfolio Director.

Teri held research faculty appointments in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Duke University School of Medicine and the University of Miami School of Medicine. She also provided healthcare services to patients as a Clinical Psychologist.

Teri received her Ph.D. in Health Clinical Psychology from the University of Miami and her Master’s in Business Administration from Arizona State University. She also completed her Master of Science in Clinical Psychology and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Marquette University.