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Susan Salka
Independent Director
Explore end-to-end solutions throughout development — from portfolio optimization and regulatory strategy, to Phase I-IV clinical trials, market access planning, and more.
Our team optimizes your portfolio utilizing integrated expert clinical, regulatory, and market access strategies, enabling earlier and more informed risk-reward decisions.
Our multi-disciplinary early phase approach accelerates the path to proof of concept by integrating diverse expertise to optimize study design, generate robust clinical evidence, and reduce gaps between development phases.
We deliver whole-study solutions with integrated strategies that ensure safety, data integrity, and regulatory compliance. We design patient-informed protocols that remove participation barriers, accelerate enrollment, and increase the likelihood of successful drug launches.
Our team of former regulators and HTA professionals provide tailored regulatory, compliance, and market access strategies across specialized therapeutic areas, creating customized pathways to maximize global market reach throughout your product's lifecycle.
We enhance your product's value story through post-approval studies and holistic lifecycle management services that satisfy regulators and payers while building stakeholder trust and maximizing your drug's market impact throughout its entire lifecycle.
ParexelAI leverages our full suite of AI capabilities to deliver with greater speed, quality, and efficiency.

ParexelAI
ParexelAI is a proprietary AI-enabled clinical development suite that accelerates patient outcomes by combining Parexel's operational expertise with cutting-edge AI technology.
Utilize our expertise across therapeutic areas, combining innovative trial designs, leading clinical and regulatory expertise, global reach, and a passion for changing patient lives.
Our team delivers high-quality clinical trials through forward-thinking medical expertise across multiple indications by combining strategic insight with operational excellence to support programs of all sizes.
Our infectious disease and vaccines cro services help treat and prevent life-threatening illnesses. Learn how our team of experts can aid in any complex trial.
Discover our inflammation and immunology CRO services. We bring agile support and a unique MOA-driven model to inflammation and immunology.
Parexel is a leading Oncology CRO with more than 80 ex-agency regulators and nearly 2,500 sites globally. Learn more about our oncology indications.
As a leading neuroscience CRO, we leverage global site relationships, specialized resources, and indication-specific expertise to accelerate breakthroughs in neurological and psychiatric treatments for patients worldwide.
As a top hematology CRO, our integrated teams use advanced analytics and real-world evidence to optimize hematology trial outcomes, ensuring faster, more effective drug development.
Our experts help you stay at the forefront of the industry — and ahead of change.

Clinical Trialblazers
Step into the world of biotech leaders and hear the untold stories behind their journeys to bring breakthrough innovations to life.
Honest conversations with the experts shaping what's next
Thinking about joining a clinical trial? Learn the drug development process, what it’s like to participate, how to find a trial, and answers to frequently asked questions.
Clinical trials provide patients with access to innovative investigational treatments that advance medical research. Participation requires careful consideration that weighs both the benefits and risks.

Patient Stories
Clinical study participation represents a deeply personal decision with potentially far-reaching impact, as evidenced by these inspiring individual stories that highlight both the life-changing potential for participants and the broader advancement of healthcare for all.
We are one of the largest CROs in the world, speeding life-changing medicine to market by engaging patients With Heart™. Learn about who we are, what we do, and what we believe.
With decades of biopharmaceutical leadership experience and a deep dedication to patients, our executive team drives us forward in delivering better trials, faster.
Find key information on our policies, strategies, pay data, and more.
Explore end-to-end solutions throughout development — from portfolio optimization and regulatory strategy, to Phase I-IV clinical trials, market access planning, and more.
Our team optimizes your portfolio utilizing integrated expert clinical, regulatory, and market access strategies, enabling earlier and more informed risk-reward decisions.
Our multi-disciplinary early phase approach accelerates the path to proof of concept by integrating diverse expertise to optimize study design, generate robust clinical evidence, and reduce gaps between development phases.
We deliver whole-study solutions with integrated strategies that ensure safety, data integrity, and regulatory compliance. We design patient-informed protocols that remove participation barriers, accelerate enrollment, and increase the likelihood of successful drug launches.
Our team of former regulators and HTA professionals provide tailored regulatory, compliance, and market access strategies across specialized therapeutic areas, creating customized pathways to maximize global market reach throughout your product's lifecycle.
We enhance your product's value story through post-approval studies and holistic lifecycle management services that satisfy regulators and payers while building stakeholder trust and maximizing your drug's market impact throughout its entire lifecycle.
ParexelAI leverages our full suite of AI capabilities to deliver with greater speed, quality, and efficiency.

ParexelAI
ParexelAI is a proprietary AI-enabled clinical development suite that accelerates patient outcomes by combining Parexel's operational expertise with cutting-edge AI technology.
Utilize our expertise across therapeutic areas, combining innovative trial designs, leading clinical and regulatory expertise, global reach, and a passion for changing patient lives.
Our team delivers high-quality clinical trials through forward-thinking medical expertise across multiple indications by combining strategic insight with operational excellence to support programs of all sizes.
Our infectious disease and vaccines cro services help treat and prevent life-threatening illnesses. Learn how our team of experts can aid in any complex trial.
Discover our inflammation and immunology CRO services. We bring agile support and a unique MOA-driven model to inflammation and immunology.
Parexel is a leading Oncology CRO with more than 80 ex-agency regulators and nearly 2,500 sites globally. Learn more about our oncology indications.
As a leading neuroscience CRO, we leverage global site relationships, specialized resources, and indication-specific expertise to accelerate breakthroughs in neurological and psychiatric treatments for patients worldwide.
As a top hematology CRO, our integrated teams use advanced analytics and real-world evidence to optimize hematology trial outcomes, ensuring faster, more effective drug development.
Our experts help you stay at the forefront of the industry — and ahead of change.

Clinical Trialblazers
Step into the world of biotech leaders and hear the untold stories behind their journeys to bring breakthrough innovations to life.
Honest conversations with the experts shaping what's next
Thinking about joining a clinical trial? Learn the drug development process, what it’s like to participate, how to find a trial, and answers to frequently asked questions.
Clinical trials provide patients with access to innovative investigational treatments that advance medical research. Participation requires careful consideration that weighs both the benefits and risks.

Patient Stories
Clinical study participation represents a deeply personal decision with potentially far-reaching impact, as evidenced by these inspiring individual stories that highlight both the life-changing potential for participants and the broader advancement of healthcare for all.
We are one of the largest CROs in the world, speeding life-changing medicine to market by engaging patients With Heart™. Learn about who we are, what we do, and what we believe.
With decades of biopharmaceutical leadership experience and a deep dedication to patients, our executive team drives us forward in delivering better trials, faster.
Find key information on our policies, strategies, pay data, and more.
Susan Salka brings more than 30 years of healthcare leadership experience to Parexel's Board of Directors. She served most recently as Chief Executive Officer and President of AMN Healthcare Services, Inc., a provider of healthcare workforce solutions and staffing services to healthcare facilities across the nation, from 2005 to 2022, and was a director of the company from 2003 to 2022.
Susan currently serves on the board of Teladoc Health (NYSE: TDOC) and previously served on the public boards of Beckman Coulter, Playtex and McKesson Corporation. Demonstrating her commitment to Environmental, Social and Governance issues, Susan currently serves as Honorary Consul to Guatemala promoting and supporting trade and humanitarian efforts to benefit the citizens of Guatemala and the United States.
She earned an MBA in Finance from San Diego State University and a Bachelor of Arts in Accounting and Economics from Chadron State College.