Chris Franzese PharmD, MHS Matchstick LLC

Chris Franzese is Principal & Clinical Leader at Matchstick. He leads a team of clinicians supporting combination product development and usability testing, directs the company’s clinical training and postdoctoral fellowship program, and is accountable for making clinical knowledge accessible and relevant to client projects. An experienced clinical trial researcher, Chris has contributed to dozens of clinical studies, encompassing early- and late-phase pharmaceutical development, diagnostic development, and medical device validation. He has published over forty peer-reviewed manuscripts, book chapters, articles, and scientific presentations spanning a wide variety of topics and has 22 patents pending. Chris holds a BS in Biology from Loyola University with coursework at Monash University, an MHS in Health Informatics and a PharmD, both from Fairleigh Dickinson University School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, and graduate certificates in Biologic Therapeutic Drug Development and Clinical Pharmacology from the University of Wisconsin School of Pharmacy and National Institutes of Health, respectively. He completed his clinical pharmacy training at Atlantic Health System, where he continues to practice, and serves as an Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy and Affiliate Assistant Professor at the Medical University of South Carolina College of Pharmacy.