Ramadhan Hashim Email and Phone Number

I am a Senior Data Manager at Mwanza Intervention Trials Unit (MITU). I have over 11 years’ experience programming in Visual Basic and Access, over10 years of Clinical Research Data Management experience, with 8 years’ experience using Stata(For Data management) statistical software; I have spent 6 years (from Nov 2004- July 2010) working on two large international Good Clinical Practice (GCP) compliant trials as a senior data manager and junior epidemiologist. My background in computing and programming has given me the opportunity to introduce new methods of data collection by Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) and the use of interactive Access/Fox Pro databases to research sites in Mwanza, Zanzibar and Tanga, including for trials of Intermittent Preventive Treatment of malaria in infants IPTi) and Zanzibar (WHO-IVI study Cholera Vaccine trial) and various studies in Mwanza.As Senior Data Manger and section head in MITU, I have overall responsibility for the quality of the data and development of the SOPs and Data Management Plans, ensuring that the systems developed and used are GCP-compliant, and for training and supervision of day-to-day activities of the Data Section.I manage a team of data entry clerks, data assistants and junior data managers which varies in size depending on the study requirements in MITU. MITU currently uses OpenClinica, an open-source data management system for clinical trials which is compliant with FDA 21 CRF part 11a (GCP-compliant) and Open Data Kit-ODK for electronic data collection.