Ms Edwards has over 20 years of senior level experience in clinical program strategies including global clinical research and operations, regulatory, technical services and clinical training.

She has successfully led clinical operations, and authored and executed studies involving various disease areas including cardiovascular, diabetes, nephrology, toxicology and coagulation.

She joins Mainz Biomed from L3 Healthcare, a full-service contract research organization, where, as VP of Clinical Research, she led clinical research and operations.

Prior to joining L3 Healthcare, she held the role of Senior Director, Clinical Research at Beaufort CRO, a global contract research organization that partners with IVD, medical device and biopharmaceutical developers. While at Beaufort CRO she led the clinical team executing many large, multi-center trials for various indications.

She also held the position of Associate Director, Clinical Operations at Alere, a global leader in point of care diagnostics which was acquired by Abbott in 2016. At Alere, she successfully led the active U.S. and global clinical operations teams, helping to devise optimal strategies for FDA pre-submissions of new diagnostic products and managing the department’s multi-million dollar global trial budgets.