ICT Ep 2.35: Robin Piazza on the Safety Oversight Gap No One's Training For (Part 1/2)

Innovating Clinical Trials · Oct 22, 2026 · 20m

Robin Piazza reached out to us directly with this topic suggestion, and we’re glad she did. In Part 1 of this two-part conversation, Liam and Ted sit down with Robin, Founder of Sapiens GC, who spent over 20 years building and running the industry’s first commercial data monitoring committee service before going independent. She breaks down what a data safety monitoring committee actually does, where sponsors, CROs, and vendors each fall short, and why having one independent, unblinded party in the room can make or break a study’s compliance.

We explore:

- Why safety oversight responsibility…