• Manage the daily operations of a portfolio that fluctuates between 10 and 15 type 1 diabetes clinical research protocols, including both industry-sponsored studies and investigator-initiated studies (multiple are FDA-regulated studies). Complete study start-up and study close-out activities, as relevant.• Prepare regulatory submissions to the Institutional Review Board, including initial study applications, annual continuing review reports, and study modifications/amendments, maintain study regulatory and participant binders in accordance with FDA audit standards, and coordinate with CROs, study sponsors, clinical trial managers, and CRAs.• Contribute to protocol development of investigator-initiated studies• Manage research team personnel• Manage budgets and scope of service agreements• Oversee and/or execute coordinator responsibilities, as needed

Clinical Research:• Manage the daily operations of a portfolio that fluctuates between 10 and 15 type 1 diabetes clinical research protocols, including both industry-sponsored studies and investigator-initiated studies (multiple are FDA-regulated studies). Complete study start-up and study close-out paperwork and activities, as relevant.• Prepare regulatory submissions to the Institutional Review Board, including initial study applications, annual continuing review reports, and study modifications/amendments, maintain study regulatory and participant binders in accordance with FDA audit standards, and coordinate with CROs, study sponsors, clinical trial managers, and CRAs.• Design and implement recruitment strategies based on study-specific eligibility criteria and discuss clinical and scientific rationales, intervention risk profiles, and logistical considerations of study participation with potential study subjects and their families. Obtain informed consent and assent from study participants.• Schedule and conduct study visits, ensure that all study procedures and source documentation are completed and documented in accordance with the study protocol, enter data into electronic data capture systems and respond to data queries.• Author and edit informed consent forms, case report forms, and recruitment materials.• Conduct investigator-side monitoring of study budgets and sponsor invoicing.• Perform phlebotomy for relevant study visits, process participant laboratory specimens, and distribute specimens to appropriate central laboratories.• Provide training and support for junior team members.Basic Research Responsibilities:• Perform experiments to define the miRNA-ome of human islets under physiologic and pathologic states.

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June 2005-May 2007: Laboratory of Dr. W. Davis Parker, Jr., Department of Neurology. Project: Characterizing human mitochondrial mutation patterns of Alzheimer’s Disease, Parkinson’s Disease, and Bipolar Disorder.June 2007-August 2007: Laboratory of Dr. Timothy Bullock, Department of Microbiology, Infectious Disease, and Immunology. Proejct: Evaluating the efficacy of primed dendritic cell vaccination in preventing and reversing melanoma in the mouse.