Research Administrator And Fellowship Coordinator
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Coordinated clinical research projects in the Spine Surgery Department Assistant Director of Alumni Continuing Medical Education didactic meetings which supported an ongoing Alumni event that sought to improve the delivery of care in Spine Surgery Oversaw CME program logistics including soliciting and negotiating with vendors for services, submit requests for proposal (RFP) to sponsors, faculty meeting/dinner venues, signage, displays, special needs requirements, printing, shipping, and streamlined event functionsFellowship Coordinator: supervised and acquired funding to support the ACGME Fellowship Program Wrote scientific and philanthropic grants to support research and education programs in excess of $825KCultivated relationships with industry leaders to collaborate clinical research and fellowship programsPartnered with faculty in the development, implementation, and evaluation of research protocolsServed as a liaison between sponsors, regulatory agencies, clinical staff, and internal and external IRBs to maintain compliance within study parametersEducated researchers on government and institutional regulatory procedures for clinical trialsManaged a portfolio of at least 10 public grants annuallyConstructed, negotiated, and developed concise funding for approved grants and endowments that supported education and researchReviewed and certified that compliance measures for the hospital review boards were accurate and meet the Institution, Federal, and local regulatory standards. Proficient in ICH, FDA, GCP, EDC, eCRF and eTMF systemsDeveloped and negotiated contracts and budgets for Industry-sponsored and Federal contracts