Assistant Professor
Department of Health Informatics
Program: Clinical Research Management; Clinical Trial Sciences
Phone: (973) 972-5984
Email:  lechnedw@rutgers.edu

Office location:
Stanley S. Bergen Building
65 Bergen Street, Rm 171
Newark, NJ 07107

About

Dr. Doreen Lechner is an Assistant Professor of the M.S. Clinical Research Management Program at Rutgers SHP. She had held the Program Director role of the program from 2014 – 2022. She is a pharmacovigilance professional with over 30 years of industry experience in all areas of clinical trial and post-marketing drug safety. With her in-depth knowledge of FDA and EMA pharmacovigilance regulations she has built focused pharmacovigilance teams while maintaining regulatory compliance.

She has extensive experience in reducing the complexity of the drug safety business to bring innovative and cost-effective solutions to address global operational pharmacovigilance challenges. Dr. Lechner was a faculty member of the Drug Information Association’s Clinical Safety and Pharmacovigilance Certificate Program where she taught a course on “Pragmatic Approaches to Drug Safety across the Pre-Marketing and Post-Marketing Continuum.” In May 2013 she was recognized by PharmaVoice as “One of the 100 Most Inspiring People in the Life-Sciences Industry.” She is an active member of the Consortium of Academic Programs in Clinical Research and the Workforce Innovation Steering Committee of Association of Clinical Research Professionals. Dr Lechner was named co-lead on the Workforce Development Core of NJACTS (a CTSA hub), a representative of the Partners in Workforce Advancement as part of the Association of Clinical Research Professionals and the By Law Chair of the Consortium of Academic Programs in Clinical Research.

Prior to forming DWL Consulting, she served as the Vice President – Pharmacovigilance at Telerx (formerly Sentrx) for 15 years as well as held management positions at Bristol-Myers Squibb, Schering–Plough and Ayerst Pharmaceuticals in the areas of Regulatory Affairs, Drug Safety and Pre-Clinical Drug Metabolism earlier in her career. Dr. Lechner received her undergraduate degree from Seton Hall University and her doctoral degree in Pharmacology from Rutgers University – Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

Education

Ph.D.,  Rutgers Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (formerly UMDNJ – GSBS)

Professional Achievements

PharmaVoice 100 Honoree: One of the Most Inspiring People in the Life Sciences Industry,  July 2013

Publications