Note to File: A Clinical Research Podcast

By Brad Hightower

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Note to File is a podcast for clinical research sites - interviews, best practices, and candid commentary from Brad Hightower, founder of Hightower Clinical and clinical research professional.

Episode Date
Wearables, Wagers, and White House Hype
Aug 11, 2026
The Ugly Truth About Site Budgets, IWOs, and "Free" Trial Support with Daniel Fox
Aug 10, 2026
Anthony Corso on FDA, Trialblazer, and the Policy War Over Clinical Trials
Aug 07, 2026
Why Sites Suck at Recruitment (And How To Fix It)
Aug 06, 2026
Inside the Clinical Research Site Collective: Why Sites Need a Real Advocate with Maria Ladd
Aug 05, 2026
Diversity Mandates, Medicare Chaos, and Why Independent Sites Get the Hard Trials
Aug 04, 2026
Operation "Trial" Blazer: Will It Actually Fix Clinical Research?
Aug 03, 2026
Capitalism, China & Clinical Trials: Follow the Spreadsheet
Aug 02, 2026
Small Sites, Big Tech, and the AI Hype Train in Clinical Trials
Aug 01, 2026
I Registered a Fake Trial on ClinicalTrials.gov
Jul 31, 2026
eSource, Paper, and AI Slop: A Site-First Reality Check with Oliver Keh
Jul 30, 2026
Clinical Trials or Casino? FDA Bets, Seeding Trials & Site Survival
Jul 29, 2026
Why EU Sites Feel Different: Workweeks, National Health Systems & Real-World Data
Jul 28, 2026
Can We Standardize Clinical Trial Data Like Air Traffic Control?
Jul 27, 2026
Skinny Migraine Patients Only? The Ethics of 'Unicorn' Trial Design
Jul 24, 2026
Joe O'Rourke: Private Equity, Retail Pharmacies & The Future of Research Sites
Jul 23, 2026
WHO's New GCP Course, China Data Ban & FDA's AI Pilot
Jul 22, 2026
Over 50% of Sites Are STILL on Paper?!
Jul 21, 2026
Real-Time Clinical Trials: FDA's Big Bet or Big Mess?
Jul 20, 2026
Can Retail Pharmacies Save Clinical Trials? Walgreens, CVS, Kroger & Reality
Jul 17, 2026
Interoperability, Incentives & Illusions of Progress in Clinical Trials
Jul 16, 2026
Big Paper Wins Again? Sites, eSource, & the Standardization Problem
Jul 15, 2026
Drowning in data, starving for budget
Jul 14, 2026
Beer, Bots & Bad Interoperability
Jul 13, 2026
Who owns eSource?
Jul 10, 2026
Trial Naming Ethics, Branding vs. Recruitment, and the Site Staffing Squeeze
Mar 30, 2026
Clinical Trials, Creepy Data, and Corporate Bullshit
Mar 30, 2026
Will Gen Z Fix What's Broken in Clinical Trials?
Mar 27, 2026
Why Women Still Don't Show Up in Clinical Trials (And What Marketing Gets Wrong)
Mar 27, 2026
Tarantulas, Raccoons & $3.5B Drug Plants
Mar 04, 2026
Nobody Knows What Clinical Research Is
Mar 02, 2026
Investigator-Initiated Trials in Eye Care with Dr Brad Hall
Mar 02, 2026
ICON's Collapse, CRO Credibility, and FDA Oversight
Mar 02, 2026
SCOPE 2026: AI Hype, Vendor Chaos, and Real Talk from the Floor
Mar 02, 2026
Shuttered Walmart Clinics, Walgreens Trials & Claude AI Site Selection: What Could Go Wrong?
Mar 02, 2026
Is It Still Fun to Run a Research Site? with Dan Sfera
Mar 02, 2026
JPM, AI, & Cheese Lore
Jan 21, 2026
Dr. Les Enterline on CRO Partnerships, FSP Models, and Industry Innovation
Jan 19, 2026
Bacon, Band Names, and Big Bets on AI
Jan 19, 2026
Socks, Sites, and the Trouble with FDA Guidance
Jan 19, 2026
Bop It, Buy It, Bet on AI: Trials, Toys & Turmoil
Jan 19, 2026
Deadlines, Data, and Debacles: Year-End Reflections in Research
Jan 19, 2026
Patient-Led Revolution: Susannah Fox on Rare Disease, Peer Networks & Rethinking Clinical Trials
Jan 19, 2026
50k, Fake "Landmarks," R&D Cuts & Can You Teach Common Sense?
Dec 05, 2025
Site Centricity, Private Equity, and Circling Back After the New Year
Dec 02, 2025
Abbott's $20B Buy, CRO Controversies & the Changing Face of Clinical Trials
Nov 24, 2025
Communication Fails, (more) AI Hype & Job Market Truths
Nov 17, 2025
AI, Ads & Awkward Phone Calls with Steve Wimmer
Nov 14, 2025
Del Smith, Acclinate, on Representation & the Future of Clinical Research
Nov 10, 2025
Walt Bogdanich, New York Times, Exposes Private Equity's Influence on IRBs
Nov 07, 2025
Coordinators, Carbon, and Crime
Oct 27, 2025
CRA Burnout, Global R&D Shifts, and Clinical Trial Patient Realities
Oct 23, 2025
Passwords on Sticky Notes, Silos & Why EDC Still Sucks with Doug Bain
Oct 21, 2025
IRB Transparency & Data Overload
Oct 20, 2025
Live from Innovation Network Gathering
Oct 17, 2025
FMLA, ACRP & Lobster Lunches
Sep 26, 2025
AI Meets Clinical Trials: How Tech & Humanity Are Transforming Research
Sep 25, 2025
Sites, Sponsors & AI: A Round Robin Episode
Sep 23, 2025
Novo Nordisk Cuts, FDA Gets Tough & Clinical Research is a Real Job
Sep 15, 2025
SOS Regional Meetup Recap
Sep 12, 2025
Live From Veeva Summit
Sep 09, 2025
Mastering Clinical Research Site Management: Dr. Daniel Fox on Finance, Pitfalls & The Three Pillars
Aug 29, 2025
Pluto Health offers research options, WCG rolls out another platform and IQVeeva?
Aug 28, 2025
Site Advocacy, Tech Innovation & Real Talk with Maria P Ladd & Emerson Lebleu
Aug 22, 2025
AI, Protocols, Site Selection, Boxing Matches, and CRA Nightmares
Aug 18, 2025
How Real World Evidence is Changing Medicine - Dr. Manfred Stapff on Data, AI & Trust
Aug 14, 2025
Patient Recruitment, Site Struggles and the Realities of Podcasting with Zach Gobst
Aug 11, 2025
Participant Payments, Global Shifts, and the Future of Women's Health Research
Aug 08, 2025
Unlocking Clinical Research: Community Pharmacies, DCTs & Innovation with Josh Rose
Aug 06, 2025
Palantir in Clinical Trials? Industry News, Stock Surges & Real Talk
Jul 30, 2025
Building Community & Creativity in Clinical Research: The ING Story with Jeff Smith & Michelle Jones
Jul 28, 2025
Investment, Integration & Patient Access with Laura Hilty
Jul 21, 2025
Note to File Hits the Road and Reverse Mergers
Jul 14, 2025
AI, Ethics & Cookies: Clinical Research Trends with Dan Schell
Jul 07, 2025
Catfish, Cancer Conferences, and Clinical Research Chaos
Jul 02, 2025
Sites as Customers: Transforming Clinical Research Relationships with Laura O'Donnell
Jun 25, 2025
The State of Clinical Research: A Candid Conversation with Dr. Robert Califf
Jun 23, 2025
HIPAA Myths, Industry Risks and White Hot Rage
Jun 18, 2025
Clinical Research Mergers, Secrets, and Shortcuts
Jun 16, 2025
Mexico's Research Boom, Javara's Funding and Industry Gossip
May 30, 2025
Digital Health, Clinical Trials, and Beyond with Matthew Holt - The Health Care Blog
May 16, 2025
Clinical Research Confessions: PE, Trials, and Research Sins
May 14, 2025
Clinical Trials 2.0: AI, Predictions, and the Future of Research with Lokavant
May 09, 2025
CROs are Broken: Fixing Clinical Trials from the Inside Out with Meri Beckwith - Lindus Health
May 08, 2025
Sticky Notes 4/30/25
May 05, 2025
Bree Burks - Veeva
Apr 28, 2025
Sticky Notes 4/15/2025
Apr 21, 2025
Jim Kremidas - AMRC
Apr 14, 2025
From The Archives: Jamie Massengill - SSM Health
Apr 07, 2025
Chris Venezia - ProofPilot
Mar 31, 2025
Tyler Van Horn - Science 37
Mar 25, 2025
Sticky Notes 3/19/2025
Mar 24, 2025
Sticky Notes 3/12/2025
Mar 17, 2025
Denise Bronner PhD - Empactful Ventures
Mar 10, 2025
Sticky Notes 2/26/2025
Mar 03, 2025
Paul Ivsin
Feb 13, 2025
Kerri Weingard, Verified Clinical Trials
Nov 30, 2023
Ignacio Handal, Clinicom
Jul 06, 2023
Thomas Peterson, Peterson Research Consulting
Jun 14, 2023
Jason Palasota, Clinitiative Health Research
May 31, 2023