Maria Florez is involved with projects conducted by the Tufts CSDD Sponsored Research Group, including studies looking at the impact of digital transformation in clinical research and at organizational strategies and practices driving improvement in development operations and economics. Maria has been a researcher and strategist in the healthcare sector for more than a decade. She has held positions at Cleveland Clinic and at New York-Presbyterian Hospital of Columbia and Cornell Universities. Maria holds a bachelor’s degree with honors in economics from Stony Brook University and a master’s degree from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.