Working Groups

PHUSE Working Groups Leadership Operations Committee

The PHUSE Working Groups Leadership Operations Committee provides oversight to the Working Groups as well as developing content for the annual Symposium. The team consists of Working Group Leads, FDA Liaisons, Industry Representatives and members of the PHUSE Board and Office. At a high level the Steering Committee provides the following:

Monitor Working Groups and their associated projects, making sure projects are aligned across groups, facilitate cross Working Groups collaborations, and provide an escalation path for any needs.
Our Industry Representatives review the New Projects and evaluate against our overall mission of the collaboration.
Our Working Groups Leads and members from the FDA review the draft deliverables and ensure the content is appropriate for publication.
We all ensure that communications are open and transparent and establish an infrastructure that allows growth.
Create and review processes to ensure current and effective in the aid of supporting the projects.

PHUSE Board of Directors and PHUSE Office

The Working Groups Director, Chris Price, chairs the Working Groups Leadership Operations Committee and the Working Groups and Deliverables Leadership Committee. Chris Price also represents the Working Groups on the PHUSE Board of Directors. Chris oversees the PHUSE Working Groups' operations and makes sure that deliverables advance the body of knowledge in the industry.

The PHUSE Office contribute to the organisation and general running of the projects within the Working Groups. The PHUSE office generate meeting minutes, agendas, support in the review process and publication of draft/final deliverables. The team also maintain the Advance Hub and support the production of online events along with the organisation of the annual PHUSE/FDA CSS.

Chris Price

Working Groups Director

Chris has been involved with PHUSE since 2008, contributing to the Conference Committee and SDEs before chairing the 2015 Annual Conference in Vienna. Subsequently, Chris has contributed to and co-led Working Groups. In 2017 Chris was nominated to the role of Working Groups Director.

Lauren White

Senior Project Coordinator

Lauren joined PHUSE in 2017 and works to ensure efficient delivery of all Working Groups activities. Lauren leads the team whilst also providing support to the Leadership & Deliverable and Working Groups Operations Committees.

Lucy Marks

Senior Project Coordinator

Lucy joined PHUSE in 2024 and supports the Leadership & Deliverable and Working Groups Operations Committees. Lucy also contributes to the organisation of the annual PHUSE/FDA CSS and oversees the operations of the Working Groups activities.

Alex Pearce

Project Assistant

Since joining PHUSE in 2023, Alex has supported the activities within the following Working Groups, Nonclinical Topics, Data Visualisation and Open Source Technology and Risk Based Quality Management. Alex also assists with the posters for PHUSE/FDA CSS.

Nicola Newton

Project Coordinator

Nicola joined PHUSE in July 2023 and supports the following Working Groups; Optimising the Use of Data Standards, Real World Evidence, Emerging Trends & Technologies and Safety Analytics. Nicola also assists with administration for PHUSE/FDA CSS.