Steve Satek, President & Founder of Great Lakes Clinical Trials, will be holding a community educational talk at St. Alphonsus Liguori Catholic Church in Prospect Heights highlighting ways to recognize memory loss and to discuss the benefit of the clinical trials.
This presentation help attendees better understand what is considered normal aging memory loss and when you should be concerned. You’ll also come away with a better understanding of clinical trials, how you can participate, and the great results and breakthroughs that come from them.
About the Speaker
Steve has more than 30 years of experience in the clinical research industry. He began his career as a bench researcher at the Northwestern University Robert H. Lurie Cancer Center and since that time has held senior management positions at the Chicago Center for Clinical Research, Radiant Research, Cognitive Drug Research and Forenap Pharma, where he specialized in the design, implementation, and management of central nervous system and clinical pharmacology research programs.
Steve offers a diverse and thorough knowledge of clinical trial operations, which has been presented at over 300 meeting and events. In addition, he has personally project managed and/or coordinated over 150 clinical trials.
Steve currently serves on the Planning Committee and is former Chairman for the Global Site Solutions Summit, one the clinical research industry's leading conferences. He is also an active member of Global Alzheimer's Platform, a patient-centric, non-profit organization dedicated to speeding the delivery of innovative therapies to those afflicted with Alzheimer’s.
Locally in Chicago, Steve has served on the Board of Directors for the Swedish American Museum, is currently a Board Member for the Andersonville Chamber of Commerce, sits on the Events Committee for the Edgewater Chamber of Commerce and is the Chairman for the non-profit, Memory Care Coalition of Chicago. In 2018, Steve was honored to be recognized by Crain's Chicago Business as one of Chicago's Notable LGBTQ Executives.
Steve holds two Bachelor of Science degrees in Molecular Biology and in Biochemistry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an Executive MBA from the Lake Forest Graduate School of Management.