2025 Top Consultants: Shaherah Yancy

Shaherah’s 20-year career began at University of TN Health Science Center as a research assistant in the Department of Transplantation. Later, she worked at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Pharmaceutical Sciences for almost a decade. Her tenure at St. Jude drove the passion of patient advocacy in every aspect of her professional work. Caring for patient outcomes, the quality, and improvement of human life led her to the Life Science industry, specifically MedTech. Shaherah assumed leadership roles in clinical affairs Medtronic, Smith + Nephew, and Stryker. During this period, she spearheaded the development and execution of strategies, leading teams to successfully introduce new medical devices to global markets through strategic clinical and regulatory approaches. Her areas of expertise span the United States, Europe, Australia and China. In 2023, she founded Research Lifecycle Solutions to deliver the same strategies that would empower companies to expedite their market objectives. Shaherah ventured to leverage her background to support emerging MedTech with growth and long-term sustainability.