Experience

The Montreal Children's Hospital

• Canada
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Clinical Research Unit Manager Peds Hem/Onc/SCT

  • Feb 2018 - Present



Montreal Childrens Hospital

• Canada
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Project Manager

  • Aug 2017 - Present

  Pediatric Oncology/Hematology/BMT Clinical Trials Pediatric Oncology/Hematology/BMT Clinical Trials



Children's Oncology Group

• United States
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chair, CRA Communications Committee

  • 2014 - Present

  - Appointed- Chief Editor of the Children's Oncology Group CRA Newsletter published quarterly - Developing an initiative to create an online sharing and discussion forum for COG CRAs

• Member-at-Large, COG CRA Steering Committee

  • 2012 - 2014

  - Lead brainstorming sessions at COG Fall Meetings- Created and lead the Mini-Networking Sessions at the COG Fall Meetings, meeting feedback each year has shown the sessions to be useful and well attended- Organized the CRA Social



C17 Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders

• Chair, C17 CRA Communities of Practice

  • 2013 - Present

  - Appointed - Chair of monthly calls, set agenda and lead the discussion on collective issues, increasing site collaboration & regulatory, ethics and quality assurance across Canada - Appointed - Chair of monthly calls, set agenda and lead the discussion on collective issues, increasing site collaboration & regulatory, ethics and quality assurance across Canada



BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver

• Canada
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• COG Lead CRA, CRA Assistant Manager

  • Dec 2013 - Jul 2017

  • COG Lead CRA: Supervision and management of COG study activities• Quality assurance and improvement initiatives• Oversee contracts and finances for COG studies• Study feasibility analysis and start-up• Assist in prioritizing and delegation of workload within the CRA group• Ethics and regulatory activities for new and existing COG studies• Training and education for CRAs, nursing staff, fellows, attendings and pharmacy staff • Creation of SOPs and Work InstructionsCOG Lead CRA Details- Supervise COG study activities and advise staff on COG membership and policies. - Ensure COG PI has completed regulatory and ethics paperwork in a timely manner. - Educate and motivate staff on COG initiatives. - Arrange and provide reports back from COG meetings. - Oversee quality and safety for participants on COG studies. Since starting the position, I have lead initiatives to streamline consents and the ethics process as well as standardize processes among the CRAs through new working instructions, tools and templates. An improvement in the quality of ethics and regulatory adherence as well as data management has been seen through monitoring and audit results.

• Bone Marrow Courier

  • Feb 2012 - Jun 2015

  • International courier of vital bone marrow stem cells from matched unrelated donors for recipients receiving stem cell transplants• Safely transported stem cells for five transplants from various international destinations• Ensured stem cells were from the correct donor and the correct quantity was collected• Packaged stem cells for international transport• Monitored stem cells during travel to ensure quality of the product was maintained

• Clinical Research Associate

  • Dec 2007 - Dec 2013

  • Coordination of Phase I, II and III COG, Industry, and Investigator-Initiated Ped Hem/Onc/BMT protocols• Preparation and participation in audit and monitoring regulatory visits as well as site initiations • Training and orientation of new staff, education of medical team on local clinical research• Creation and management of study databases and source document templates• Recruiting subjects, tracking enrollment, reconciling queries and completing status update reports on protocols• Accurate reporting of required data and adverse events both on paper and electronically• Knowledge and implementation of various regulations involved in clinical research