NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Medidata (NASDAQ:MDSO), the leading global provider of cloud-based solutions for clinical research in life sciences, is pleased to announce that Kara Dennis has been named an industry “Rising Star” by the Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association (HBA). She will be honored at the HBA’s 26th Woman of the Year event on Thursday, May 14, in New York City. Dennis, Medidata’s managing director of mHealth, leads the company’s pioneering efforts to enable mHealth-powered clinic