b'Up Close & Personal withDR. DENISE MILOVAN , PhD, MA, CPsychNeuroscientistDr.DeniseMilovanjoined AltasciencesResearchServicesteam in2020toprovidecomplementary researchsupportforyourclinicaltrials. Sheworkscloselywiththeteamsin BusinessDevelopment,MedicalAffairs, Biostatistics,andClinicalOperationsto providescience-drivenguidanceandto promoteearlyadoptionofcutting-edge methodstohelpsponsorsreachtheir milestones.Dr. Denise Milovan , PhD, MA, CPsychScientificManager,Biostatistics, MAKING A DIFFERENCE Data ServicesDenise is passionate about promoting mental health and wants to ensure that everyone has access to the type of treatment interventions that will improve quality of life. Shes made this her lifes mission as bothapracticingclinicianandaresearchscientist.Astheformer, shecompletesneuropsychologicalassessmentsandprovides evidence-basedpsychologicalinterventionstopatientsdiagnosed with neurological and/or psychiatric conditions. As the latter, she assists sponsors in bringing to market safe and effective pharmacological interventions by helping them understand the cognitive safety profile of their investigational products. Denises greatest accomplishment has been helping other professionals betteridentifysubtlecognitiveorpsychologicalchanges.With Canadianepileptologists,shehasworkedhand-in-glovetoobtain accreditationforanEpilepsyPreceptorship.Thisprogramgives residentstheopportunitytolearnhowtoidentifyanddiagnose epilepticseizures.Denisealsohelpedtodevelopcomputerizedneurocognitive tests adapted to the needs of Phase I clinical trials.'