Dr. Wendy Charles has been involved in clinical trials from every perspective for nearly 30 years with a focus on ethical design. She currently works as Chief Scientific Officer for a blockchain healthcare company where she leads the Life Sciences division. Wendy augments her blockchain healthcare experience by serving on the Health Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Blockchain Task Force, EU Commission Blockchain Advisory Forum, Government Blockchain Association healthcare group, and serves as Co-chair of the IEEE Standardization Committee subgroup for Blockchain in Life Sciences Research. She also serves as Assistant Editor for Frontiers in Blockchain and as a peer reviewer for blockchain articles in several other journals.