Casey Allen Bales, Mph Email & Phone Number

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

• Manage an $18 million multidisciplinary precision oncology translational research initiative
• Oversee a national NCI sponsored clinical trial EAZ171, 200+ site breast cancer disparities trial
• Spearhead the development of patient-focused oncology clinical trials and research projects
• Build mutually beneficial community partnerships focused on patient engagement disparities
• Co-develop culturally appropriate study recruitment and communications plans with patient advocates
• Develop and conduct social media patient recruitment campaigns

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

• Responsible for the coordination, implementation, execution, control, and completion of goals which will ensure accomplishment of genomically directed drug development research, pharmacogenomics, and clinical trials
• Oversee the planning, implementation, tracking, and evaluation of Monogrammed Initiative projects
• Develop and conduct social media patient recruitment campaigns
• Manager clinical trial development through study reportingMajor Accomplishments:
• Development of a social media awareness campaign to improve enrollment
• Build community partnerships to foster patient-focused clinical trials

• Manage the operations of a large multi-million dollar National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) Biorepository
• Responsible for overseeing the planning, implementation, tracking, and evaluation of the specimen collection project
• Responsible for all communication with external site investigators, coordinators, and NINDS program staff
• Preform sample reconciliation and process improvementsMajor Accomplishments:
• Development of a standardized specimen accessioning quality SOP
• Troubleshooted the transition of 26 sites and over a million specimens between institutions

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

• Manage the operations of the IU Simon Breast Cancer Program retrospective tissue collection processes
• Act as liaison among physicians, research staff, sponsors and drug companies
• Cultivate the protocol development process for breast cancer oncologist and researchers
• Maintain regulatory compliance for multiple studies and projectsMajor Accomplishments:
• Led development of a 500 patient annotated Tissue Microarray
• Published the IUSCC Pink quarterly patient newsletter

• Assist Principal Investigator in the conduct of Industry, Cooperative Group, and investigator initiated trials phase I-IV
• Evaluate protocols for study design, feasibility, subject risk and requirements
• Ensure study team compliance with protocol and SOPs; document and report protocol deviations
• Extract data from source documents in order to complete Case Report Forms and answer queries
• Capture and record adverse and serious adverse events data for reporting to oversight agencies

• Assist field based personnel (CRAs and RRMs) and other departments with gathering and maintaining regulatory documentation
• Assure regulatory documents meet FDA Requirements while supporting study sites through the regulatory process
• Train CRAs and in-house staff on job procedures including electronic collaboration database, review of site documentation, and proper closure of site document binders

Ccrp, Certified Clinical Research Professional

Certification for clinical research professionals.

Master’S Degree, Public Health-Epidemiology

Focus on cancer epidemiology, health disparities, and social determinates of health

Bs, Health Science

Activities and Societies: Twin Pines Cooperative

Education record