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Windsor, Gb

Reading, England, United Kingdom

► Interdisciplinary Collaboration: Fostered strong interdisciplinary partnerships between academic and clinical staff, bridging gaps and encouraging collaborative research and innovation. Establishing key working frameworks to enable efficient collaborations.►Protocol Development: Played a critical role in the creation and refinement of research protocols, ensuring robust methodologies and adherence to ethical guidelines.► Funding Acquisition: Working on infrastructure and processes to enable next steps of identifying suitable funding opportunities, contributing to the financial sustainability of research initiatives.► Stakeholder Engagement: Engaged with key stakeholders, to promote and enhance collaborative opportunities, ensuring alignment with HIP strategic objectives.► Training & Mentorship: Provided training and mentorship to researchers and students, promoting a culture of continuous learning and professional development. With plans to develop a formal training course in the near future.► Performance Monitoring: Developed and utilized performance metrics to monitor the progress and impact of HIP initiatives, providing regular reports to stakeholders. ► Research Support: Guided research projects through development, approval, and monitoring phases, ensuring compliance with governance frameworks and legal requirements.► Project Management/Facilitation: Maintained organized systems for tracking and monitoring HIP programs and projects, supporting the identification of new opportunities across workstreams.► Communication & Engagement: Developed and executed communication plans to engage internal and external stakeholders, created promotional materials, and managed social media presence.

Reading, England, United Kingdom

► Demonstrated expertise in GCP and research governance, with attention to regulatory environment and protocol adherence► Liaise, arrange, coordinate and present meetings, including representatives of Medical Teams and CEO/Corporate as required► Responsible for forwarding and processing of EOIs to research teams, assisting with Local Information packs, and tracking End of study closures. Ensuring regulatory and Trust approval are in place before recruitment.► Prepare and submit regulatory and Trust approvals as well as processing any amendments to Protocols► Generated and monitored comprehensive reports on patient recruitment and data analysis, with strong analytical skills and attention to detail in managing complex data sets► Receive, respond to (FOI and specific) enquiries from the public, patients, GP’s and trial centres sensitively and courteously► Preserve accurate quality records and storage of data, and being able to interrogate databases swiftly and efficiently as possible. Setting up and taking a lead on developing IT SOP, databases, intranet-site, trackers and project management software► Leading and representing R&D stakeholders on phases of department communication strategy. Developing the departments brand and working with the communications dept.► Responsible for providing comprehensive administrative support function. Such as following Trust procurement policies, taking minutes from trials meetings as well as typing of agendas and presentations► Allocate tasks to, and supervise Research Assistants, where appropriate. Train new and experienced members in governance activities. Providing support to research teams and to PI/CI’s for research activities► Represening R&D department in national conferences; help to develop stronger links with commercial partners as well as maintain relationships► Coordinated ad-hoc projects to facilitate growth and increase research in the trust

Reading, England, United Kingdom

◉ Facilitating the partnership between Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust and University of Reading in Health Innovation, Translational/Clinical Research and Education workstreams. By sharing facilities, expertise and co-/sponsoring projects as well as jointly exploiting commercial opportunities.

United Kingdom

Oxford, United Kingdom

Oxford, United Kingdom

Oxford, United Kingdom

Royal Berkshire Hospital

Msc., Genomic Medicine - Awarded By Sgul & Kcl, Distinction

◉ Jointly taught by King’s College London and St George’s, University of London. A curriculum designed by Health Education England. ◉.

Bsc Hons, Biomedical Sciences (Acredited By The Society Of Biology)

◉ Notable Modules: Biochemistry, Physiology, Medical Microbiology, Immunology, Molecular Biology and Genetics. ◉ Special Study.

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