Viswakanth Makutam

Viswakanth Makutam is a clinical research professional with over 5+ years of diverse experience across clinical trial operations, quality assurance, and data management. He holds a Doctor of Pharmacy degree and a Master’s degree in Applied Clinical Research. Throughout his career, he has been actively involved in high-impact clinical research programs, including oncology, vaccines (COVID-19, RSV, influenza), and other critical health conditions, contributing to studies that address major public health needs.

Currently, Viswakanth works as a Lead Clinical Research Coordinator, where he manages multiple clinical trials across various therapeutic areas. In this role, he oversees end-to-end study operations, including patient counseling, recruitment and enrollment, informed consent, data collection, and ongoing participant management. He also leads regulatory and compliance activities, ensuring adherence to study protocols, FDA regulations, and ICH-GCP guidelines, and proactively addresses regulatory findings to maintain study integrity.

Viswakanth has a strong background in quality assurance and clinical data oversight, supporting accurate adverse event reporting, source documentation, and data integrity across studies. He has published six peer-reviewed articles, with two additional manuscripts in progress, and presented a poster titled “Ongoing Subject Diversity Challenges in Clinical Trials for Blood Cancer in Oncology” at the SOCRA Annual Conference 2024. His clinical research blog has also been featured on the ACRP website.