Evelyne Kestelyn

Head of the Clinical Trials Unit

Clinical Trials Unit

Evelyne Kestelyn is based in Ho Chi Minh City at the Wellcome Programme. She has been managing clinical trials since 2006 through institutions in Rwanda, the Netherlands and now Vietnam. She joined OUCRU in January 2016 as Head of the Clinical Trials Unit. The Clinical Trials Unit manages research operations and governance for OUCRU, which includes Units in Vietnam, Indonesia and Nepal. The CTU currently manages more than 70 active research projects at 65 collaborating institutions, run by hundreds of research staff. It leads and shares trial management systems, explores and addresses ethical issues in clinical research and contributes to clinical trials legislation.

Podcast interview

Sustainable clinical trial models in LMICs

Evelyne leads clinical trial operations in regions with high infectious disease burdens, focusing on ethical, efficient, and locally driven research. Her work, including the Africa Asia Alliance for Clinical Trials (A3CT), aims to strengthen south-south collaborations, accelerate trial delivery, and expand access to new treatments for underrepresented populations through innovation and capacity building.