Dr. Magalie Emile-Backer
Founder & CEO
Global health and development leader, drug development expert, and community organizer.
Science, strategy, and community, brought together.
Diversified Research Associates (DRA) is a specialized research and scientific services firm delivering senior, director-level expertise across the biomedical industry, federal agencies, and community research, from clinical trials, pharmacovigilance, and regulatory compliance to strategic program management, monitoring and evaluation, and global development.
Our story
Built on a simple observation.
The organizations doing the most important work, in communities, in research, and in global development, are often stretched thin and working without the senior, cross-disciplinary expertise they need. Strategy lives in one place, technical depth in another, and community knowledge in a third. They rarely come together.
DRA brings them together, pairing scientific rigor when it is needed with grounded community engagement when it matters most. That combination is what DRA offers its partners.
We serve government, nonprofit, academic, and private-sector partners in the United States and around the world, including Africa and the Caribbean.
Our team
Leadership
Our associates network
Senior associates across every discipline our work touches.
01Community & international development
02Program & project management
03Health policy, advocacy & legislative affairs
04Research, monitoring & evaluation
05Behavioral & social science research
06Data science & AI for research and healthcare
07Clinical research, drug safety & regulatory affairs
Our mission
To bring strategy, evidence, and community insight together, so that health, research, and development programs reach the people they are meant to serve.
Let's talk
Work with a team that's done the work.
A short conversation is the fastest way to see if we are the right partner. Your first 30-minute consultation is free.