Irving Ortiz Email & Phone Number

United States

Humacao, Puerto Rico

Coordination of a multinational Randomized Parallel-group, Placebo-controlled, Double-blind, Event-driven, Multi-center Phase 2 Clinical Outcome Trial. Manage IRB/EC communications & submissions, maintain essential documents, recruit study subjects, obtain /conduct informed consents, queries resolution, biological samples delivery, data entry & corrections on source documents, report AE/SAEs, obtain medical and medication history, use IWRS/IVRS/IRT, etc.

Immokalee, Florida, United States

Coordination of research to ensure research activities comply with sponsors and institutional policies & procedures. Ensure proper training of research personnel comply with established guidelines. Record and document activities of research personnel. Responsible for developing and improving quality control procedures, reviewing existing processes and suggesting new approaches and practices - ensuring that published data is at all times accurate.

Houston, Texas, United States

Took care of my elderly parents that were sick. I was lucky enough to have my parents alive and was able to spend much needed time with them. My father perished on November 2019. My mom is doing OK.

San Juan, Puerto Rico

Volunteer with a primary care group assisting people affected by the hurricanes Irma and Maria that passed thru Puerto Rico on 2017. Interviewed people to determine their special needs and assure they had access to their prescribed medications. Took food and water to inaccessible area. Collaborated under the direction of Carlos Mellado López, MD, Secretary of Health, Department of Health of Puerto Rico.

998 Ave. Luis Munoz Rivera, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico 00927

Managed an epidemiological study from project initiation, clinical sites recruitment and activation - site initiation visit, training, conduct monitoring visits. Research assistants’ recruitment and training (35) - interviewing, consent forms, electronic data capture. Managed critical study documents – consent forms, study manuals, subject recruitment materials and progress reports. The project was awarded an RO1 Grant from NIH.Participated in an infectious diseases (Zika) project initiation in collaboration with 5 higher education institutions and in a project in Liver Disease - Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH).

San Juan, Puerto Rico

Recruited Medical Doctors for peer review panel. Visited and explained the appeal process and what’s involved in the peer review process. Worked with management to prioritize business and information needs. Located and defined new processes improvement opportunities and interpreted data, analyzing results using statistical techniques.

Galveston, Texas

Conducted structural research in skeletal muscle basic science in the Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology. Collaborated in building a research infrastructure of a new building and also organized the research activities of research groups. Interacted at all levels of the organization and external institutions, national and international, to develop the best and most efficient scientific research space.Managed 7 independent research groups consisting of 27 international scientists within a 7,500-square foot wet laboratory. Supervised 3,000 square foot laboratory while leading a diverse, international team of four faculty members, two post-doctoral fellows, four graduate students, and one technician. (A very international group with members from Africa, India, Israel, China, Germany, Indonesia, United States and Puerto Rico).Interacted and collaborated with national and international laboratories and scientist on scientific discussions and project collaborations. Member of the Cryo EM Center Steering Committee and the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology faculty admission committee. Experience in Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Protein Purification, Cell and Tissue Culture.Worked with Facilities Operation and Management in the design and construction of a BSL3 Cryo Electron Microscopy Center to interact with Galveston National Laboratory (BSL4). The first facility of this kind in the world. (Cryo-Electron Microscopy Center for Macromolecular Systems Imaging).Completely bilingual, (English/Spanish) and bicultural.