Meet the Heartland Medical Research Team

Kim Naberhaus, R.N., CCRC – President – Kim is a co-founder of Heartland Medical Research, Inc. and also received her nursing degree from Iowa Methodist School of Nursing in Des Moines, Iowa. She has over 27 years experience in nursing with 17 years in coordinating clinical research. She is also a certified clinical research coordinator through ACRP and has managed or co-managed over 100 clinical trials to date.
Jene Formaro, CCRP – Office Manager


Clinical Research Coordinators
Our coordinators are research trained and dedicated to research. Coordinators are placed at our investigational sites to assist the investigators in recruiting, screening, enrolling and gathering data on each of our contracted trials to help ensure GCP/ICH compliance and high, quality enrollment.

Our Mission Statement:
Dedication to improving healthcare through independent clinical research by providing professional Trial Management within our community.

Our philosophy is:
Our physicians and their patients are our number one priority
Treat all those with whom we work with respect and consideration
To be known as an institution which holds ethics and integrity in high regard