Christine Chaisson

Chris Chaisson is the Interim Executive Director for Administration, Systems, and Workforce Development at the Yale Center for Clinical Investigation (YCCI), Yale School of Medicine. Chris has led research administration operations funded by NIH-NCATS as well as other YCCI strategic research initiatives, managing investigator service center resources, education and training initiatives, and research cores.

Chris has been an academic researcher for over 25 years and has extensive experience in leading complex research units including university/hospital, VA, and other healthcare setting-based teams. Her experience spans the phases of research, ranging from co-investigator developing standard operating procedures for lab-based procedures on international vaccine development studies, through multi-center clinical trials, real world evidence (RWE) studies, and implementation science. Most recently, she led a corporate-based team collaborating through academic partnerships to disseminate RWE results through changes in health insurance benefit design (e.g., elimination of prior authorization for guideline concordant medication for opioid use disorder), incorporation into large ambulatory care practices, as well as academic avenues such publication and conference presentations. Previously while on the faculty of the Boston University School of Public Health, Chris directed a research service center and spent over ten years supporting research as part of the Boston University CTSI.