Errol Gould
Vice President, Medical Affairs TONIX Pharmaceuticals
Dr. Errol Gould is the Vice President of Medical Affairs at Tonix Medicines, Inc. He received his PhD from West Virigina University in Morgantown, WV. Dr. Gould has over 25 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry, focusing primarily on Clinical Development and Medical Affairs. He has expertise across multiple therapeutic areas including endocrinology, migraine, neurology, obesity, pain, respiratory, sleep and urology. Dr Gould has over 30 peer-reviewed publications and has served as a speaker for national and international professional conferences.
Seminars
Wednesday 27th January 2027
Fireside Chat: Solving the Placebo Problem in Chronic Pain Trials
3:30 pm
- Reduce placebo inflation through protocol design and site management
- Improve patient training and consistency across sites
- Examine crossover and adaptive study designs
- Apply lessons from successful recent programs
Wednesday 27th January 2027
Managing Benefit Expectations: How Participant Education Mitigates Placebo Response in Chronic Pain Trials
4:00 pm
- Explain how expectations of benefit can influence placebo responses and outcomes in chronic pain trials
- Describe participant-education strategies designed to establish realistic expectations without compromising informed consent or engagement
- Evaluate how expectation-management interventions may improve trial validity, signal detection, and interpretation of treatment effects
