DIA 2026 Global Annual Meeting: Full Schedule

10:15am EDT

#507: Paying Fair: Regulatory and Ethical Challenges in Research Participant Compensation

Tuesday June 16, 2026 10:15am - 11:30am EDT

Component Type: Session
Level: Advanced
CE: ACPE 1.25 Application UAN: 0286-0000-26-557-L04-P; CME 1.25; RN 1.25

We will share case examples and trends from 24,000 records, analyze ethical challenges involved in paying participants, and discuss how protective policies or administrative practices can result in unjust treatment.

Learning Objectives

Explain the ethical considerations that govern payment to research participants; Evaluate the potential for institutional and administrative policies to inadvertently create unjust treatment of research participants; Apply the Belmont Principles of Beneficence and Justice to real-world cases involving payment to research participants and propose strategies for ethical decision-making.

Chair

Kelly Fitzgerald, PHD

Speaker

Panelist
Karla Childers, MS

Panelist
Wenora Johnson

Panelist
Sam Whitaker

Panelist
Robin Kuprewicz, MA

Speakers

Karla Childers

Vice President, Bioethics, Policy & Partnerships, Johnson & Johnson, United States

Karla Childers is Vice President, Bioethics, Policy & Partnerships in the Johnson & Johnson Office of the Chief Medical Officer. Her primary responsibility is leading and coordinating various bioethics-based, science policy projects since 2013. Her longest running responsibility has... Read More →

Kelly FitzGerald

Executive IRB Chair and Vice President of IBC Affairs, WCG , United States

Kelly FitzGerald is the IRB Executive Chair and Vice President of IBC Affairs at WCG IRB where she oversees the operation of both the IRB and several hundred institutional IBCs. Kelly is a certified IRB professional and holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of New... Read More →

Wenora Johnson

Administrative Support & Research/Patient Advocate, United States

Robin Kuprewicz

Clinical Trials Director, Georgetown University, United States

Robin Kuprewicz is the Clinical Trials Director for the Georgetown University Huntington's Disease Care, Education and Research Center. She holds a Masters in Medical Anthropology and has ten years of experience in clinical trials. She has helped Huntington's Disease participants... Read More →

Sam Whitaker

Founder & CEO, Mural Health, United States

Tuesday June 16, 2026 10:15am - 11:30am EDT
107AB The Pennsylvania Convention Center 1101 Arch Street Philadelphia, PA 19107 USA

02: ClinicalTrialOps-Innovation, Session

Audience Advanced
Area Ethics, Trust and Responsible Innovation, Patient-Centered Design and Experience
Level Advanced
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Credit Type ACPE, CME, RN
Feature Topics Ethics, Trust and Responsible Innovation,Patient-Centered Design and Experience
Interest Area Clinical Safety & Pharmacovigilance,Patient Engagement
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10:15am EDT

#604: Counting the Cost: Translating Participant Burden into Fair Compensation

Wednesday June 17, 2026 10:15am - 11:30am EDT

108B

Component Type: Workshop
Level: Advanced
CE: ACPE 1.25 Application UAN: 0286-0000-26-599-L04-P; CME 1.25; RN 1.25

This interactive workshop moves beyond analysis to implementation—translating burden into cost and exploring fair compensation models to advance equity, access, and the participation experience

Learning Objectives

Examine how participant burdens translate into measurable costs and affect recruitment and retention; Apply fairness-based frameworks that align compensation with lived experience; Evaluate ethical, regulatory, and policy considerations to guide implementation models that improve equity and strengthen science through representative participation

Chair

Lani Hashimoto

Speaker

Panelist
Donna Libretti Cooke, JD

Panelist
Bernadette Tosti

Panelist
T.J. Sharpe, PMP

Panelist
Shay Webb

Speakers

Donna Libretti Cooke

Chief Impact Officer & Owner, ImpactSphere Clinical, LLC, United States

Donna Libretti Cooke, JD is Chief Impact Officer and Owner of ImpactSphere Clinical, LLC, advising pharma sponsors, CROs, and start-up vendors on participant payment strategy and clinical trial operations. She co-developed the Whole-Person Participant Support™ framework and led... Read More →

Lani Hashimoto

Consultant, Patient Experience, Hashimoto Consulting Services, United States

Dedicated to connecting patients to research, Lani's lived experience as a trial participant & as a caregiver further inspired her professional pursuits. She credits the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation as a key influence in her passion for patient experience & the importance of patient... Read More →

T.J. Sharpe

Patient Engagement Expert, Sharpe Patient Insights, United States

T.J. Sharpe is a keynote speaker, writer, and patient engagement leader who partners with life sciences companies and healthcare organizations to integrate meaningful patient perspectives into clinical research and healthcare innovation. He develops and leads patient engagement programs... Read More →

Bernadette Tosti

Partner, BGT Partners LLC, United States

Bernadette Tosti brings nearly 10 years of healthcare marketing, clinical trial recruitment and retention, and digital recruitment technology experience to her role at Quintiles. During her tenure at Quintiles, she has helped develop innovative technology solutions for recruitment... Read More →

Shay Webb

Global Clinical Trials Operation, Emerging Talent Rotation, Merck & Co., Inc., United States

Wednesday June 17, 2026 10:15am - 11:30am EDT
108B The Pennsylvania Convention Center 1101 Arch Street Philadelphia, PA 19107 USA

02: ClinicalTrialOps-Innovation, Workshop

Audience Advanced
Area Ethics, Trust and Responsible Innovation, Patient-Centered Design and Experience
Level Advanced
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Credit Type ACPE, CME, RN
Feature Topics Ethics, Trust and Responsible Innovation,Patient-Centered Design and Experience
Interest Area Patient Engagement,Value & Access
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1:45pm EDT

#627: Patient-Directed Data Sharing: Enabling Innovations While Including Patients in Decisions about Secondary Data Use

Wednesday June 17, 2026 1:45pm - 2:45pm EDT

111AB

Component Type: Forum
Level: Advanced
CE: ACPE 1.00 Knowledge UAN: 0286-0000-26-615-L04-P; CME 1.00; RN 1.00

We’ll review the history, laws, and policies of the current data sharing environment. We’ll discuss ethical considerations for why the typical approach to consent and deidentification of data hinder trust and innovation. We’ll give a case study of pa

Learning Objectives

Describe the history of data sharing and the laws and policies that have informed it; Discuss the ethical considerations for shifting our mindset about data access permissions; Apply a patient-directed mindset to data access to unlock innovation and improve data utility

Chair

Karla Childers, MS

Speaker

Panelist
Mary Gray, PHD

Panelist
Aaron Leibtag

Panelist
Sarah Chamberlin

Speakers

Sarah Chamberlin

Founder and Chief Program Officer, flok, United States

Sarah Chamberlin is Founder & Chief Program Officer of flok Health, a nonprofit advancing care and research for inherited metabolic disorders. She is a leader in patient-directed research and participatory data models, building community-powered data infrastructure that centers patient... Read More →

Karla Childers

Vice President, Bioethics, Policy & Partnerships, Johnson & Johnson, United States

Mary Gray

Senior Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research, United States

Mary L. Gray is a Senior Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research and a leading scholar of the social and ethical dimensions of data-driven AI systems. Trained as an anthropologist, her research examines how digital infrastructures shape labor, identity, and human rights. She leads... Read More →

Aaron Leibtag

CEO, Pentavere, Canada

Wednesday June 17, 2026 1:45pm - 2:45pm EDT
111AB The Pennsylvania Convention Center 1101 Arch Street Philadelphia, PA 19107 USA

03: Data-Tech-AI, Forum | 02: ClinicalTrialOps-Innovation, Forum

Audience Advanced
Area Ethics, Trust and Responsible Innovation
Level Advanced
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Credit Type ACPE, CME, RN
Feature Topics Ethics, Trust and Responsible Innovation
Interest Area Data Management & Data Standards,Patient Engagement
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8:00am EDT

#705: Fighting Medical Disinformation (Without Actually Starting a Fight)

Thursday June 18, 2026 8:00am - 9:00am EDT

108A

Component Type: Forum
Level: Intermediate
CE: ACPE 1.00 Application UAN: 0286-0000-26-647-L04-P; CME 1.00; PDU 1.00 PMI 2166KJ1ZXS; RN 1.00

We’ll discuss whether drug development professionals have an ethical obligation to confront misinformation, effective ways to approach these conversations without confrontation, and what techniques and messages work best in different settings.

Learning Objectives

Explain the ethical principles that underlie the obligation of drug development professionals to combat disinformation; Discuss best practices for successful encounters in combatting disinformation; Distinguish the application of different practices in their most appropriate settings

Chair

Lindsay McNair, MD, MPH, MS

Speaker

Perspectives of a Science Reporter
Sydney Lupkin

Effective Messaging to Combat Scientific Mis/Disinformation
Joseph N Cappella, PHD

Speakers

Joseph Cappella

Gerald R. Miller Professor Emeritus of Communication, University of Pennsylvania, United States

Joseph N. Cappella is the Gerald R. Miller Emeritus Professor of Communication at the Annenberg School for Communication. His research has resulted in more than 225 articles and four co-authored books. His research has been supported by grants from NIMH, NIDA, NSF, NCI, NHGRI, and... Read More →

Sydney Lupkin

NPR Pharmaceutical Correspondent, National Public Radio (NPR), United States

Sydney Lupkin is the pharmaceuticals correspondent for NPR. Prior to NPR, she was a correspondent at Kaiser Health News, where she covered drug prices and specialized in data reporting for its enterprise team. She's reported on how tainted drugs can reach consumers, how companies... Read More →

Lindsay McNair

Principal Consultant, Equipoise Consulting, United States

Lindsay McNair, MD, MPH, MSB is Principal Consultant at Equipoise Consulting. She was previously the Chief Medical Officer for WCG. In this role she oversaw WCG IRB, and provided consultation to institutions and biopharma companies on a wide range of issues related to clinical protocol... Read More →

Thursday June 18, 2026 8:00am - 9:00am EDT
108A The Pennsylvania Convention Center 1101 Arch Street Philadelphia, PA 19107 USA

06: ProfDevelop-Program-PortfolioMgmt, Forum

Audience Intermediate
Area Student and Early Career Pathway, Ethics, Trust and Responsible Innovation
Level Intermediate
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Credit Type ACPE, CME, PMI, RN
Feature Topics Student and Early Career Pathway,Ethics, Trust and Responsible Innovation
Interest Area Project Management & Strategic Planning
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10:15am EDT

Karla Childers

Kelly FitzGerald

Wenora Johnson

Robin Kuprewicz

Sam Whitaker

10:15am EDT

Donna Libretti Cooke

Lani Hashimoto

T.J. Sharpe

Bernadette Tosti

Shay Webb

1:45pm EDT

Sarah Chamberlin

Karla Childers

Mary Gray

Aaron Leibtag

8:00am EDT

Joseph Cappella

Sydney Lupkin

Lindsay McNair

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