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CLIRINX – Clinical Research IT
CLIRINX is a start-up clinical research IT company that provides state-of-the-art software and IT
services to medical researchers. We help researchers collect better research data which enables them
discover new cures and better treatments for human diseases. The software allows researchers collect
pristine data using web-based tools from doctors and patients, and includes features like electronic
data collection, patient protocol management and specimen management.
We are passionate about the products and services we provide the medical research community, and
we are equally as passionate about “Why” we do what we do, which is help medical researchers find
new cures and better treatments to human diseases.
CEO Biography – Gerry Nesbitt MBA PMP
Gerry Nesbitt is an informatics innovator specializing in academic clinical research IT. He was
previously the Director of Informatics at the University of California, San Francisco. He was responsible
for IT on the Epilepsy Phenome/Genome Project, a $15M/5 year NIH funded project and the largest
ever epidemiological and genomic study of epilepsy and seizures. He was also the Director of
Informatics of the EPI4K study and the Human Epilepsy Project. Prior to this, Gerry was responsible
for IT and bioinformatics with the UCSF/Immune Tolerance Network, a NIH funded project that
conducts clinical research for autoimmune diseases. Current and past roles include Informatics
Director/Consultant for the Early Onset Epilepsy Consortium (EOEC) / National Infantile Spasms
Consortium (NISC) at Lurie Children's, RIKEE.org at Baylor College of Medicine, Dravet Foundation
(Consensus Project), and the Rett Syndrome Research Trust.
Gerry possesses an MBA from Henley Business School (UK), a Dip. Computers from Trinity College
Dublin and PMP certification from the Project Management Institute. He also has a strong interest in
gardening, and has a Cert. Horticulture from the Royal Horticultural Society.
More information available at: http://www.clirinx.com
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