Premier Research Group has appointed Ronald Kershner, Ph.D. to the position of vice president, Biostatistics and Data Operations for North America.

Kershner brings a strong background in biostatistics and data management with more than 25 years of experience in all operational aspects of clinical trial planning, execution and delivery within the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and contract research industries. Ron joins Premier from Novella Clinical; in addition, he has held positions at AAIPharma, inVentiv Clinical Solutions and Omnicare Research.