Andrea Ochoa is Vice President, Global Study Start-Up, at Premier Research. Ms. Ochoa has more than 20 years of clinical operations experience in a variety of roles, specializing in study start-up for the past 10 years. In her current role, she oversees Premier Research’s global start-up function while providing expert advice and strategies to operationalize and navigate the complex global regulatory and start-up environment.
Prior to joining Premier Research, Ms. Ochoa held several positions of increasing responsibility at MDS Pharma Services and INC Research. She has a master’s degree in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy from the Luria Institute in Madrid, Spain, and bachelor’s degrees in psychology (National Distance Education University, Madrid) and law (Complutense University of Madrid). Ms. Ochoa is certified as Lean Sigma Green Belt since 2009.