Lafoile, Pierre

M.D., Ph.D.

Trained as physician at the Karolinska Institute, Sweden. Specialist in clinical pharmacology. At present senior consultant at the Karolinska University Hospital in Solna and associate professor at the Karolinska Institute, Institution of Internal Medicine.

Thesis in pediatric leukemia drug treatment. Post-doc areas of research covered drugs of abuse and methodological aspects of clinical research. Worked eight years in different companies in the pharmaceutical industry as Medical Director, responsible for clinical research and medical affairs. Worked later for the Medical Drug Product Agency (MPA) in Sweden.

Since 2002 Scientific secretary at The Board of Research Ethics at the Karolinska Institute. Former project leader for Karolinska Trial Alliance. Responsible for quality assurance educational programs at the Karolinska Institute including Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP), Good Laboratory Practice (GLP), Good Clinical Practice (GCP), and Pharmaceutical Medicine. National co-ordinator in Sweden for ECRIN, a distributed network of European clinical investigational sites.

Speaker Monday May 7th 2012, Tutorial about eCRIN Tuesday May 8th 2012