About Us
Thought Leader Select is a Chapel Hill, NC-based private research and consulting firm serving the biopharmaceutical and healthcare industries. Founded in 2005, Thought Leader Select is led by Paul Meade, a 25-year executive at Merck and GlaxoSmithKline, Lisa Smith, an award-winning journalist, and Kristen Smithwick, a 10-year veteran healthcare consultant.
We serve these industries and the medical community at large by assessing medical experts (known as “thought leaders” and “key opinion leaders”) within a host of therapeutic areas such as diabetes, oncology, and neurology. Over two dozen of the top 50 global biopharmaceutical and healthcare companies count on our expertise when seeking to launch new medications for better public health, ensuring that they are collaborating with the right medical professionals for the right reasons—their skills and experiences.