Insights

The YANA resource hub.

Field notes, deep-dives, and operator playbooks on training, credentialing, placement, and retention — written by the team building the workforce OS for clinical research.

Featured · Credentialing

The credentialing gap nobody wants to fix

Why GCP certificates and badges are not the same as proof of operational readiness — and what a real competency passport looks like.

YANA Editorial · May 11, 2026
Training

CRA ramp time: what the 2026 benchmarks actually say

Real numbers from 217 hires across a top-10 CRO — and the three levers that compressed time-to-productive by 57%.

YANA Editorial · May 5, 2026
Retention

A site coordinator retention playbook that actually worked

How an 11-site SMO cut annualized attrition by 51% in two quarters — without raising salaries.

YANA Editorial · Apr 29, 2026
Industry

ICH-GCP E6(R3): what actually changes for training programs

The E6(R3) update is not a rewrite — but five things in your competency framework need to move now.

YANA Editorial · Apr 22, 2026
Founder notes

Founder note: why a workforce OS, why now

A short note on what we are building and why the clinical research workforce needs an operating layer — not another LMS.

I.A., Founder · Apr 13, 2026