Mission

    The Global Preclinical Data Forum provides a communication (and technological) platform for a dialog related to modern issues in preclinical research with the goal of enhancing the data utility for clinical research and development.  

    Strategic Objectives

    The goal of the Global Preclinical Data Forum is to address the reproducibility challenge by identifying what is needed from preclinical models for clinical trials to succeed. This is facilitated by encouraging a global collaboration of preclinical researchers to systematically advance the status of preclinical research through the identification and sharing of best research practices, the development and implementation of novel data quality standards and providing training to the neuroscience community. 
    To achieve this goal, we will:

    • Engage the committed community of preclinical scientists from academia and industry
    • Establish a community forum that enables the exchange, collaboration, development and dissemination of best preclinical research practices
    • Focus on the interplay of preclinical data robustness and methodology (e.g., study design and statistical methods)
    • Contribute to formalizing the science of translatability
    • Build a data exchange and information repository

    Governance

    Global PDF — Core Steering Committee:

    Anton Bespalov, MD, PhD 
    Co-Founder of Partnership for Assessment and Accreditation of Scientific Practice,
    Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Pavlov Medical University

    Thomas Steckler, MD 
    Associate Director, Bioresearch Quality Compliance, Janssen Pharmaceutica NV

    Magali Haas, MD, PhD 
    President and CEO, Cohen Veterans Bioscience

    Chantelle Ferland-Beckham, PhD 
    Director, Policy and Advocacy, Cohen Veterans Bioscience

    Elena Koustova, PhD, MBA 
    Director, Office of Translational Initiatives and Program Innovations (OTIPI), National Institutes of Health

    Sabine Hölter-Koch, PhD
    Head, Behavioral Neuroscience Team, Helmholtz Zentrum München

    Martien Kas, PhD 
    Professor, Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Groningen

    European Preclinical Data Forum:

    Chair, Anton Bespalov, MD, PhD

    Co-Chair, Thomas Steckler, MD

    U.S. Preclinical Data Forum:

    Chair, Magali Haas, MD, PhD

    Co-Chair, Chantelle Ferland-Beckham, PhD

    Co-Chair, Elena Koustova, PhD, MBA

    Additional Steering Committee Members:

    Maryann Martone, PhD
    Professor, Neurosciences, University of California San Diego

    Eric Prager, PhD
    Associate Director, Translational Research & Development, Cohen Veterans Bioscience