Dr Laura Brown is an independent Pharmaceutical Project Management and Training Consultant, and Course Director for the MSc in Clinical Research, School of Pharmacy at the University of Cardiff. Laura has more than 17 years experience of managing clinical research projects in the pharmaceutical industry. She has worked for several companies including Wellcome, Hoechst Marion Roussel, Good Clinical Research Practices and Phoenix International in project management. She has a particular expertise in Project Management and has completed an MBA, with specialization in project management. She is also co-author of two books on project management including "Pharmaceutical Project management" (2004 Publication).