Our Four Beliefs to Enable
Future-Shaping Clinical Trials
Through our partnerships with founder-led, high quality clinics, we are able to provide global scale to Study Sponsors while keeping the heart of research local—with execution in the hands of great operators.
We protect the heart
of clinical research.
Data-quality is
always priority one.
Clinical research has an issue. A constant chase for speed and enrollment volume has eroded the quality of data and the quality of care. For Assured and our partners, we ensure data-quality and integrity is the first priority.
Our next-generation clinical research platform empowers clinical site owners and operators to do their best work and help move medicine forward. Our approach Is built on our own experience—20+ years of executing thousands of clinical studies.
We get you, because
we are you.
Our nuanced approach to enrollment ensures that Sponsors are funding the RIGHT patients for their studies. Always prioritizing quality over quantity through predictive technology and high-standards.
Great patients create
great studies.
Assured Clinical Research was founded by Dr. Samir Arora because he believed there was a better way. Through 20+ years of experience executing and consulting on thousands of clinical studies, Dr. Arora was able to intimately observe every side of the clinical research process—including the gaps that currently exist in the industry.
Our belief is that for clinical studies to maintain high standards and reach their full potential—sponsors need research partners and clinical sites that take ownership, move quickly, and make decisions clearly with integrity.
Hands-on Partnership, Ownership Mindset
Meet the Assured Experts
Dr. Samir Arora
Founder & CEO
Grazia Cannon
EVP, Chief of Staff
Director of Business Development
Tanya Russo, MSc
Meet Our Clinical Investigators
Fong Hoa Pham MBBS, PhD, MRCGP
Principal Investigator & Research Physician
Dr. Fong Pham is an NHS General Practitioner and Principal Investigator at Assured Clinical Research, combining academic research training with extensive frontline clinical experience. He completed his PhD in Cardiovascular & Molecular Medicine at Imperial College London and has published in leading medical journals including Circulation Research and Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology.
Currently a GP Partner at Campingland Surgery in Swaffham, Norfolk, Dr. Pham brings expertise in managing complex patient populations, protocol-driven clinical pathways, and longitudinal disease management. His clinical background includes urgent care at Addenbrooke's Hospital and clinical leadership in digital health platforms.
Dr. Pham holds ICH-GCP certification and specializes in respiratory, cardiovascular, metabolic, dermatologic, and chronic disease research, with particular strength in informed consent, safety monitoring, and data integrity.
Dr. Wycliffe Mbagaya MRCP, FRCPath
Consultant in Metabolic Medicine & Clinical Biochemistry
Dr. Wycliffe Mbagaya is a Consultant in Metabolic Medicine and Clinical Biochemistry at University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust, where he also serves as Clinical Director for Laboratory Medicine. He holds MRCP and FRCPath qualifications and is recognized as a Specialist in Laboratory Medicine by the European Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (EFLM).
Dr. Mbagaya has extensive expertise in cardiometabolic medicine, lipidology, and diabetes. As one of the UK's few specialists integrating laboratory medicine with frontline clinical care, he brings unique insight to metabolic disease management. He has served as national chief investigator, principal investigator, and sub-investigator in multiple clinical trials of novel lipid-lowering therapies and was an early prescriber of injectable lipid-lowering agents and GLP-1 receptor agonists, contributing to their adoption in routine clinical practice.
Dr. Mbagaya is an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Bristol, teaching undergraduate medical students and doctors in training, and regularly delivers education on national GP programs focused on metabolic disorders and laboratory medicine.
Expertise in Patient Care
Patient care is at the heart of everything we do. Our hands-on approach to research ensures that patients and their families receive quality care from experienced practitioners.