Sabrena Mervin-Blake is a Senior Project Manager and Lead for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at the Clinical Trials Transformation Initiative where she manages, coordinates and implements a range of CTTI projects. She serves as operational partner to CTTI project team leaders and is the central person responsible for facilitating the activities of project teams. Ms. Mervin-Blake has over 30 years of research experience including 20+ years in clinical research. Her previous roles include senior staff director for community engagement and equity in research and director of research participant recruitment and operations. Ms. Mervin-Blake’s early career work focused on the discovery of novel oncology therapeutics, preclinical research, and 10 years as a research analyst in basic science. Ms. Mervin-Blake received a Bachelor of Science in Biology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Master of Science in Clinical Research from the Campbell University College of Pharmacy.