Stryde Research is heading to Cell and Gene Meeting on the Mesa, October 5 to 7 in Phoenix, Arizona. Edward Olko, our head of business development, will be there all three days to meet with sponsors, CROs, and physicians working in cell and gene therapy. If you’re attending, come find him and say hello.
Event details
- Event: Cell and Gene on the Mesa 2026
- Dates: Monday, October 5 to Wednesday, October 7
- Location: Arizona Biltmore, Phoenix, Arizona
- Focus: Cell and gene therapy, including Phase 1 trials
- Who attends: Sponsors, CROs, and physicians working in the field
- Full agenda and registration: meetingonthemesa.com
Find Ed at the conference
Ed will be at sessions and networking events across all three days. The easiest way to make sure you connect is to set up a time before the conference starts.
You can message Ed directly on LinkedIn or email trials@stryderesearch.com with a few details about your study. If you’re weighing sites for a cell or gene therapy trial, he can talk through fit, feasibility, and timelines while you’re both in the same room.
Why we are there
Stryde runs embedded clinical trial sites inside independent specialty practices across Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, Louisiana, and the New York/New Jersey metro area. Our network reaches 1.5M+ patients through 100+ specialty clinics.
Cell and gene therapy studies ask a lot of a site before the first patient is ever screened. Stryde holds NIH IBC-RMS approval for cell and gene therapy, and every study runs with an in-house medical monitor. That lets us bring this work into community practices, where patients already see a doctor they trust.
Conferences like this one are where sponsors and investigators compare notes on what makes these trials work. We’re going to listen as much as we talk, and to meet the people shaping where the field goes next.
Who’s attending from Stryde
Edward Olko is head of business development at Stryde, working with sponsors and CROs to place studies across our site network.
Ed will represent Stryde for the full conference.
Follow along
We’ll share photos and takeaways from Phoenix on our LinkedIn using #CellAndGeneTherapy, and we’ll publish a recap here on the blog once the conference wraps. If you can’t make it in person, follow along online.
If you’ll be at Cell and Gene on the Mesa, reach out to Ed ahead of time and plan to meet.