Rhiannon Casey Email & Phone Number

Oakland, CA, US

Oakland, California, US

• Collaborate with cross functional stakeholders both within and outside Kaiser Permanente to develop best practices, SOPs and policies to ensure compliant, safe and ethical research practices.
• Provide consultation services to guide stakeholders through complex or emerging compliance, regulatory, or research misconduct topics.
• Participate and partner with research, compliance, research compliance, privacy, legal and leadership workgroups related to ongoing audits, emerging situations, policies and regulatory revisions.
• Conduct inquiries in response to participant calls/complaints received by the IRB, compliance or study teams. Work with stakeholders and leadership to address complaints, resolutions and implement prevention plans.
• Advance and manage efficient administrative procedures in the department so that the KPNC IRB remains compliant with KP policies, KPNC IRB SOPs and applicable regulations. Recommend and implement changes to.
• Lead operational functions and management of the IRB department and the IRB Analysts responsible for greater than minimal risk, treatment protocols and expedited research review. Provide priority setting, work flow.

San Francisco, CA, US

• Served as contact for WestEd research teams, located nationwide, and externalclients on behalf of the WestEd Office of Research Integrity and the Institutional Review Board.
• Reviewed and approve incoming research protocols, responses, reports, and renewals.
• Collaboratet with WestEd staff to work on a variety of issues related to the conductof human subjects research, evaluation research, data security, and unanticipated problems.
• Provided consultation services for studies to assure that protocols are developed in accordance with relevant policies and laws.
• Researched policies and procedures and develop guidelines for review by the Director of the Office of Research Integrity and/or the Institutional Review Board.
• Revised Office of Research Integrity/ IRB materials, and guidelines according to the needs of the organization, researchers, or regulations.

La Jolla, CA, US

• Independently managed the reliance relationships between UCSD’s HRPP and commercial IRBs. Served as subject matter expert and resource and was responsible for interpretation of policy and providing training and.
• Was responsible for communicating with commercial IRBs and investigators and was responsible for responding to inquiries within the University and from outside agencies. Reviews all documents submitted by relying.
• Provided consultation services for studies to assure that protocols are developed in accordance with relevant policies and laws.
• Audited IRB maintained study records in accordance with HRPP standards and performed periodic audits of the informed consent process and the approved research to ensure that the study is being conducted as required by.
• Co-implemented a one on one advising program for Principle Investigators, study coordinators and students.
• Assist in the training and delegation of work to junior analyst staff.

La Jolla, CA, US

• Managed and analyze a high volume of complex research project proposals from all areas of research, including the School of Medicine, general UCSD campus, the VA, and Rady Children’s Hospital and wrote correspondence.
• Administered a Biomedical Committee agenda, which was one of the largest in the department. This included determining agenda items, and working collaboratively with the HRPP staff to finalize the agenda.
• Conducted thorough pre-review analyses of the incoming research protocols, responses, reports, and renewals assigned to the Committee meeting to ensure consistency and completeness.
• Attended the monthly IRB Committee meeting and served as both an analyst and a member of the Committee, participated in discussions with the Committee members regarding the projects, take minutes and prepare minutes.
• Reviewed Principle Investigator’s' written requests and responses and determined the appropriate course of action for the review of the proposed project.
• Regularly communicated with the Clinical Trials Office, Contracts and Grant Administration, Institutional Review, EH&S divisions, VA, Conflict of Interest office, to ensure that all applicable project requirements have.

San Diego, CA, US

• Conducted reviews for exempt, expedited and non-exempt full committee protocols.
• Composed detailed correspondence to investigators regarding their research proposals.

San Francisco, CA, US

• Conducted pre-reviews for exempt, expedited and non-exempt full committee protocols
• Composed detailed correspondence to investigators regarding their research protocols
• Assisted faculty and students who called or came to the office with questions about their research proposal
• Attended and served as staff to the Committee for the Protection of Human Subjects meetings
• Prepared minutes from the Committee meetings
• Updated and organized the protocol database

La Jolla, California, US

Master Of Public Health - Mph

Certificate, Regulatory Affairs

B.S., Biology (Physiology)