Catherine Racine is an experienced qualitative interviewer with a rich background in community mental health, ethics, and patient-facing research. With over 20 years of experience in therapeutic communication and qualitative inquiry, Catherine is uniquely skilled in eliciting meaningful, regulatory-grade insights across complex clinical contexts.

In-Trial Interview and Therapeutic Communication

• Conducts in-depth patient interviews in global, double-blind placebo-controlled clinical trials
• Specialises in high-sensitivity contexts, including rare diseases, chronic mental health conditions, and psychosocial distress
• Draws on decades of therapeutic counselling experience to build rapport, ensure participant comfort, and elicit rich narrative data
• Delivers interview content aligned with FDA PFDD and EMA expectations for patient experience evidence

Ethics and Lived Experience Research

• PhD research focused on ethics of care and dehumanisation in clinical settings, published as a monograph with Routledge
• Longstanding commitment to positioning patient voice at the centre of treatment evaluation and healthcare design
• Engaged in continuous training in ethical and regulatory standards for clinical trial interviewing

Global and Cross-Cultural Experience

• Academic and professional experience across Canada, the UK, Ireland, and Japan
• Trained in multicultural contexts with sensitivity to structural, cultural, and linguistic diversity
• Bilingual in English and French

Catherine’s interviewing approach is rooted in compassion, intellectual rigour, and an unwavering commitment to patient dignity. Her work helps sponsors illuminate the human experience behind trial endpoints—turning patient stories into strategic insights that drive development success.