BARBARA E BIERER

Barbara Bierer, MD, is the Faculty Director of the Multi-Regional Clinical Trials Center of Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard (MRCT Center); Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston; and a hematologist/oncologist. She is the Director of SMART IRB and Director of the Regulatory Foundations, Ethics and Law Program of the Harvard Clinical and Translational Science Center. She is Faculty in the Center for Bioethics, Harvard Medical School, and Affiliate Faculty in the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School. She co-founded Vivli. Previously, she served as Senior Vice President, Research, at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital for 11 years, and was the institutional official for human and animal research, for biosafety, and for research integrity. She initiated the Brigham Research Institute and the Innovation Hub (iHub), a focus for entrepreneurship and innovation. In addition, she was the Founding Director of the Center for Faculty Development and Diversity at the BWH. 

In addition to her academic responsibilities, Dr. Bierer is a member of the Forum on Drug Discovery, Development, and Translation, NASEM, on the Executive Committee of Clinical Trials Transformation Initiative, and on the Board of Directors of Vivli (2017-), Clinithink (2015-2025), Generation Patient (2023-), and North Star Review Board (2020-); and chairs the Board of Trustees of the Edward P. Evans Foundation. Previously, she served as Chair of the Secretary’s Advisory Committee for Human Research Protections, Department of Health and Human Services (2008-2012); as a member of the National Academies of Sciences Committee on Science, Technology and the Law (2007-2016); and on the Boards of Directors of the Association for Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs  (AAHRPP) (2001-2007), Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research (PRIM&R) (2013-2020), Management Sciences for Health (MSH) (2013-2022) and Clinithink (2015-2025). She has authored or co-authored over 325 publications.

Dr. Bierer received a B.S. from Yale University and an M.D. from Harvard Medical School.