Research Programs
Applied and implementation research on clinical development, health systems, and access in established and emerging markets.
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The GLS Institute generates the knowledge that informs better decisions, through research, publications, benchmark reports, policy analysis, and implementation science. Its work is published through GLS Insights and shapes how sponsors, governments, and institutions approach clinical development.
What the Institute Does
The Institute is the Think pillar of the GLS enterprise. It creates knowledge; the Academy develops people; the Network connects the ecosystem; Solutions deliver the work.
Applied and implementation research on clinical development, health systems, and access in established and emerging markets.
Learn moreScientific leadership, advisory boards, and expert guidance informing programs and policy.
Learn moreEvidence-based analysis, benchmark reports, and sponsor guidance published through GLS Insights.
Learn moreEmerging methods, digital health, AI, and new operational models for clinical research.
Learn moreFeatured Publications
Why Africa Matters: research ecosystems, scientific opportunity, and the future geography of healthcare.
In final reviewContinuing the three-part series on capability, investment, and the path to leadership in global health.
In final reviewA practical guide to regulatory pathways, site qualification, logistics, and operational planning.
In final reviewWhy the future of clinical research requires an integrated ecosystem.
In final reviewBuilding inspection-ready clinical research organizations.
In final reviewThe GLS Research Ecosystem Framework
A thriving clinical research ecosystem is not defined by a single advantage, but by the strength and alignment of multiple interconnected elements.
Efficient, transparent, and harmonized regulatory pathways that enable research while protecting participants.
Investigators, institutions, and scientific leadership capable of delivering rigorous research.
Reliable sites, laboratories, logistics, and clinical operations systems that deliver quality at scale.
Digital tools, data readiness, and connectivity that accelerate trials and improve outcomes.
A skilled, diverse, and empowered workforce driving innovation and clinical excellence.
Trusting relationships with communities to ensure participation, relevance, and shared benefit.
Responsible data management and protection of intellectual property to build trust and enable innovation.
Financial, environmental, and social sustainability ensuring long-term impact for future generations.
Infrastructure can be built. Systems can be implemented. But ecosystems are earned, through trust, consistency, and shared value.
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