Patrick (Pat) Bennett is vice president of laboratory strategy at PPD. He is responsible for leading the strategic growth of the PPD® Laboratories, with specific focus on the integration across the various laboratories and with PPD’s clinical teams. Pat assists the lab leadership team in creating, planning, reviewing, communicating and implementing best practices that drive excellence in the research and development, and application across the global laboratories. Pat holds a Bachelor of Science in toxicology and a Master of Science in pharmacology from St. John’s University, and a Master of Business Administration from Syracuse University.