BIO
Teri Karcher, Ph.D.
Executive Vice President, Head of Launch Excellence & Chief Drug Development Officer
Teri Karcher is Executive Vice President, Head of Launch Excellence and Chief Drug Development Officer for Parexel. In this role, Teri leads a team that collaborates with internal stakeholders and external customers to bring operational and commercial insights, innovation and optimization to study strategy, start-up activities and project execution to enable more seamless and faster drug development.
Most recently, Teri led the transformation of our site strategy, feasibility, study start-up and investigator payments team. She has more than 20 years’ experience in the CRO industry (including 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.
Prior to her more than two-decade career in the CRO industry, Teri held research faculty appointments in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Duke University School of Medicine and the University of Miami School of Medicine. Teri 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.