Dr. Tala H. Fakhouri, PhD, MPH, VP, Consulting: AI & Digital Policy, Real-World Research at Parexel, is the former Associate Director for Data Science & AI Policy at FDA/CDER, where she led policy tracks for AI and RWE including authoring FDA’s first AI and RWE guidance documents, co-chaired the CDER AI Council, and helped shape global regulatory frameworks for AI, digital health technologies and real-world evidence.

Prior to FDA, Tala held leadership roles at CDC including Chief Statistician for CDC’s flagship health study NHANES, and served on the Federal Committee for Statistical Methodology.