Meet the Signant Experts

Dr. Busner has over 35 years of experience as an academic psychiatric researcher and psychopharmacology principal investigator, and founded and directed two university psychiatric clinical trials units. Dr. Busner served continuously on University Institutional Review Boards for 20 years. At Signant she has scientific and clinical responsibility for studies in mood, anxiety, pediatrics, and rare/orphan diseases. She has overseen hundreds of trials and trained thousands of raters. Dr. Busner is currently Affiliate Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Virginia Commonwealth University.

Dr. Everhart is an innovator, educator, and leader in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries with over 25 years of experience in the practice of medicine and over 14 years of experience in clinical research.  Board-certified in Internal Medicine and a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, he is one of Signant Health’s experts in decentralized trials, rater training, blinded data analytics, and placebo response mitigation. 

Dr. Byrom has worked in the pharmaceutical industry for 30 years. He has authored over 70 publications and two industry textbooks on electronic patient-reported outcomes (ePRO). His recent scientific work includes the use of wearable technology and bring-your-own-device (BYOD) eCOA in clinical trials.

Dr. Elias Ketiar serves as the Clinical Vice President, Science & Medicine, at Signant Health. Dr. Ketiar draws on his wealth of more than 20 years of academic and clinical experience to advise on clinical trial design, execution, and governance.

He has extensive experience in General Internal Medicine and Cardiology and is a Member of Royal College of Physicians (London), UK. Dr Ketiar has been engaged in academic research and was involved in a pioneering project investigating genetic causes of congenital heart disease, which culminated in a Medical Doctorate with St George’s University of London, UK.

He also has peer reviewed papers published. He has always been involved in all phases of clinical development and interested in global clinical trial solutions.

Dr. de Waal provides scientific consultation to clients relating to the implementation of electronic clinical outcome assessments. Dr. de Waal has 2+ years’ experience in the clinical research industry, previously forming part of a Medical Strategy team. She has been supporting projects across a wide variety of therapeutic areas, including oncology, infectious disease, and dermatology.

Dr. Kusanto studied bioengineering at Oregon State University before completing his PhD in platelet biology at Hull York Medical School. At Signant, he specializes in eCOA, eConsent, and multiple therapeutic areas like, dermatology, gastroenterology, pediatrics, and rare diseases.

Dr. Bossi has authored numerous articles on vision neuroscience, focusing on human binocular vision and perception. From questionnaire creation and administration to data best practices and consent, Manuela’s clinical research experience within academic and NHS institutions will guide researchers through trial challenges.