How we work
From insight to artifacts your stakeholders can use.
Every engagement starts with a conversation and ends with artifacts your stakeholders can actually use. We scope deliverables before work begins, handle sensitive and regulated material carefully, and design outputs for real decision contexts—not filing cabinets.
What we’re working on now.
Implementation science · Medical Affairs
Closing the evidence-to-adoption gap
Co-presenting at MAPS Denver, March 2026] on closing the gap between evidence generation and evidence adoption.
Why this matters to you
Adoption is a method problem, not a messaging one — and it's solvable upstream.
AI reliability · Health literacy
Empathy variance in large language models
A systematic scoping review of how empathy performs, and is measured, across commercial LLMs. In collaboration with researchers at Harvard and in health-literacy practice. Openly registered on OSF.
Why this matters to you
If you deploy AI in patient-facing settings, consistency is a safety property — not a nicety.
Equity · K–12 education
AI assessment benchmarks
Developing tools that measure whether AI-generated formative assessments produce consistent, trustworthy feedback across student populations. With the American Museum of Natural History and Digital Promise.
Why this matters to you
The same trust-and-traceability methods that hold in pharma hold in the classroom.
Core Methodology
Evidence-transfer methodology
PEL's foundational approach to engineering evidence so it earns trust in the context where it's used. Under active development.
Why this matters to you
Your evidence usually isn't failing on rigor, it's failing on transfer.
Diagnostic sprint
Pilot partnership
Advisory support
| Service | Best for | What you leave with | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diagnostic Sprint | "We need to understand where trust is breaking—and what to prioritize." | Trust-friction map, priority recommendations, and a decision-ready summary for leadership. | 2–4 weeks |
| Pilot Partnership | "We need proof that will travel across audiences." | Pilot plan, stakeholder-ready artifacts, learning summary, and a documented evidence trail. | 6–12 weeks |
| Advisory Support | "We're building and need trusted guidance over time." | Recurring deliverables calibrated to your decision cadence. | Quarterly or ongoing retainer |
What to expect
Clear scope and deliverables defined before work begins
Minimal burden on your team—we keep inputs focused
Confidential handling of sensitive and regulated materials
Outputs designed to be used with real stakeholders, not filed away
NDA available when appropriate
Low burden. Clear scope. Built to be used.