(ARVO) Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Annual Meeting
Fortrea is excited to once again be heading to the ARVO! The ARVO Annual Meeting is the premiere gathering for eye and vision scientists from across the globe, at all career stages, students, and those in affiliated fields to share the latest research findings and collaborate on innovative solutions. For 2024, the Meeting will be hosted May 5 - 9 in Seattle, Washington.
We invite you to connect with our team at booth #1506 to discuss research partnerships, explore innovations in the development of vision therapies, or simply exchange ideas in a collaborative atmosphere. We’re looking forward to engaging with you to explore how we might accelerate progress on your vision science programs.
Meet the Fortrea team
Come by booth #1506 to talk with one of our experts. Fortrea is proud to sponsor the Vision Consortium reception at ARVO 2024.
Tanya Richardson
Strategy Head, Ophthalmology and Neuroscience
Tanya has over 28 years of experience with Fortrea (formerly Labcorp, Covance and Chiltern), including monitoring, global project management, delivery director oversight and strategic planning and growth. Her clinical research experience includes a broad range of therapeutic experience with over 18 years in ophthalmology. Tanya’s ocular experience covers front and back of the eye indications, inherited retinal and ocular rare diseases across phase I-IV and medical device studies as well as ocular cell and gene therapies.
Her extensive delivery background, coupled with her ocular experience supports both internal and external stakeholders in the strategic development of a reduced burden approach, as well as an efficient and successfully executed ocular trial.
Tanya is passionate about ensuring the priorities of a clinical trial are 1) to reduce the burden across all stakeholders 2) a realistic, common-sense approach and 3) at the end of the day, we all do what we do for the patients.
Tanya is based in the US.
Sarah Bolger-Ford, PhD
Senior Delivery Director, Strategic Delivery and Growth
Sarah Bolger-Ford is Senior Director within the Ophthalmology section of the Strategic Delivery and Growth group at Fortrea, based in the UK. She has a PhD in Physiology from King’s College London (UK) and has more than 26 years in the industry, from trainee CRA, through project management to her present position, and joined our company in November 2006.
She works with the pre-award team to provide client’s with tailored proposals, supports study teams in strategic delivery of awarded work and contributes to the growth of the ophthalmology portfolio.
Sarah is passionate about being part of the development of sight preserving and sight restoring solutions for patients.
Sarah is based in the UK.
