Program Manager Annemarie Forrest joined MISHC in the spring of 2020. A graduate of the University of Michigan School of Nursing, Annemarie also has a Master of Science in Community Health Nursing and a Master of Public Health in Community Health Sciences from the University of Illinois – Chicago. She has over 16 years of extensive management experience in a variety of clinical research and academic health care settings. Before joining MISHC, Annemarie was the Director of Projects at the Clinical Trials Transformation Initiative, a public-private partnership co-founded by Duke University and the FDA working to improve the quality and efficiency of clinical trials. Annemarie has also served as the Field Clinical Director for a medical device company investigating novel acute stroke therapies, a Research Nurse Specialist at the National Institute for Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), and the director of a statewide stroke registry in Illinois. She has previously coordinated both cardiovascular and neurological trials at academic medical centers in Michigan, Illinois, and Washington, DC.
