Leadership

Leadership built for clinical trial execution

Core Clinical Trials is led by experienced clinical research and healthcare operators with decades of experience working with sponsors, CROs, investigators, and research sites.

Our leadership team has shaped Core around a clear operating principle: bring the critical elements of clinical trial execution together in one coordinated model.

Today, Core brings together a nationwide research site network, dedicated early-phase capacity, centralized study startup, protocol intelligence, home-enabled execution, and participant follow-up through one coordinated operating structure.

Michelle Alex, DPM — Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Core Clinical Trials

Michelle Alex, DPM

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Michelle Alex, DPM, is Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Core Clinical Trials and brings more than 25 years of experience across clinical research, healthcare, and the pharmaceutical industry.

She founded Core to connect experienced community-based investigators and their patient populations with high-quality clinical research opportunities. Under her leadership, Core has expanded into a clinical trial execution network combining research sites, dedicated early-phase capacity, centralized startup, protocol intelligence through TrialPulse®, home-enabled execution through OnSite Nurses®, and participant follow-up through ReEngage Research®.

Michelle leads corporate strategy, sponsor and CRO relationships, network expansion, and the development of new capabilities. She works directly with sponsors, CROs, and investigators to align protocol requirements with investigator expertise, patient access, and execution infrastructure.

Vincent Napoli — Executive Director of Core Clinical Trials

Vincent (Vinny) Napoli

Executive Director

Vincent Napoli serves as Executive Director of Core Clinical Trials and brings more than 25 years of experience across healthcare and clinical research.

He leads sponsor and CRO business development while supporting investigator-network growth, study placement, and coordination across Core’s participating research sites. His work connects sponsor requirements with the investigators, patient populations, and operational capabilities needed to execute each protocol successfully.

As Core has expanded, Vinny has helped build the commercial and operating relationships that allow independent sites to participate in a coordinated network while preserving the local physician and patient relationships that make community-based research effective.

Accountability

Leadership built around the study

Core’s leadership remains directly engaged in the business.

Core maintains coordination from initial feasibility and investigator selection through startup, enrollment, execution, and follow-up, with leadership directly engaged throughout the relationship.

That accountability is fundamental to how Core was built.

Work with Core

Bring your next study to Core.

Share your protocol, synopsis, or study requirements with our Clinical Operations team. We will assess investigator fit, patient access, phase requirements, and execution needs.