Kate Trigg, DrPH, CCRC, is a clinical research leader with expertise in clinical research operations, protocol development, quality assurance, regulatory oversight, and research infrastructure development.

Previously at UC Davis Health, she supported clinical research across the Divisions of Infectious Diseases, Rheumatology, Endocrinology, Nephrology, and Heart Failure, focusing on strengthening research operations, expanding study portfolios, and fostering relationships with industry sponsors and research partners. Her institutional work has included initiatives to improve research infrastructure, clinical research pricing and billing processes, workforce capacity, and transparency in operational workflows and workload complexity. She is particularly interested in translating research competencies and operational effort into scalable, sustainable processes that support high-quality research, expanding access to investigational therapies through expanded access programs, and increasing institutional awareness of clinical research.

She will soon be joining DLH, where her work will focus on the development and coordination of infectious disease clinical trials across a research network. Building on her experience managing trials at the site level, she will bring a practical perspective to study development, cross-functional collaboration, and the operational considerations that influence trial feasibility and execution.

Kate has served as a member of the UC Davis Health Institutional Review Board and as a consultant to the World Health Organization’s Patient Safety Flagship Initiative. She is a Certified Clinical Research Coordinator (CCRC) and holds a bachelor’s degree in microbiology from Arizona State University, a Master of Public Health from the University of San Francisco, and a Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) in Quality and Patient Safety.