View Jo Burmester's ProfileJo Burmester is a very experienced Clinical Research Training Consultant who has provided GCP expertise for more years than she likes to admit to in writing. She works with a wide range of clients and her passion is making GCP interesting and relevant.
Jo is a pharmacology graduate and began her career in clinical research in 1987. She worked as a CRA and senior CRA for 5 years before moving into a full time clinical research training role in1992. She has designed and delivered clinical research and soft skills training for a wide variety of audiences and has managed training departments in two global organizations. Most recently she was a founding director of PharmaSchool, a specialist clinical research training company, for 14 years.
Her career has included experience in the pharmaceutical industry and the CRO world and she has worked internationally, covering ICH, EU and FDA requirements.
She holds a Certificate in Training and Development from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, and was a Module Leader on the Clinical Research MSc programme run at Liverpool John Moore’s University. She is the author of a book on Continuing Professional Development and regularly chairs and presents at international clinical research conferences.
