Experience

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  Boston Children's Hospital

  • Greater Boston Area

  • Director--Clinical Trials Business Office

    • Feb 2018 - Present
    • Greater Boston Area
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  Boston Children's Hospital

  • United States
  • Hospitals and Health Care
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Senior Contracts Associate

    • 2012 - 2014

    • Draft and negotiate clinical trial and other clinical related agreements with corporate sponsors• Train and oversee the junior contracts specialist• Acquire and maintain knowledge of hospital policies and other academic and professional standards for the conduct and administration of sponsored research• Prepare and finalize budgets for all industry sponsored studies, as well as certain non-industry funded studies• Assist and communicate with research finance to make sure clinical research income is properly received and accounted for within the hospital• Create study tracking sheets for all industry and non-industry sponsored studies• Convey regular communications with investigators, coordinators and other clinical research staff related to their clinical studies• Work with the General Counsel’s office and former FDA regulatory position to ensure studies and investigators are in compliance with various Federal and State regulations and laws, as well as hospital policies• Inform the General Counsel’s office regularly of contract negotiations, especially issues that could conflict with Hospital policies• Provide assistance to investigators, coordinators and other clinical research staff members in navigating BCH’ clinical research enterprise• Act as an ancillary reviewer on study protocols submitted to the IRB• Sit as an observing member in the IRB• Work with TIDO, OSP, General Counsel, IRB, and CRC and other hospital departments to facilitate implementation of corporate sponsorship agreements• Develop internal database and procedures to track metrics and trends regarding studies that have gone through the CTO• Provide customer service to investigators, study coordinators and other internal departments regarding questions related to hospital’s clinical research enterprise• Perform monthly reports on clinical trials office corporate revenue, as well as produce ad hoc reports for hospital administration

  • Contracts Associate for Technology & Innovation Development Office

    • Nov 2007 - 2012

    • Drafted and negotiated with corporate sponsor clinical trial, data use, material transfer, confidentiality and other related agreements• Acquired and maintained knowledge of hospital policies and other academic and professional standards for the conduct and administration of sponsored research• Assisted TIDO with corporate sponsored research agreement, in order to protect broad hospital interests while serving faculty and corporate sponsor needs• Established working relationship with other hospital departments such as OSP, General Counsel, IRB and CRC.• Assisted the former budget analyst in creating monthly reports on clinical trials office corporate revenue• Provided training and oversight of material transfer agreement specialist• Trained other contract associate in contract related matters as well as institutional issues

  • Licensing Assistant Intern, Intellectual Property Office

    • Nov 2007 - Jul 2008

    • Negotiated, coordinated, and executed Material Transfer Agreements (MTAs), which governed the exchange of biomaterials and research collaboration amongst in-house scientists, academic institutions, and relevant industries• Successfully managed and streamlined the execution of a large volume of MTAs• Prepared confidentiality agreements and non-confidential disclosures• Assisted senior managers in the transfer of technologies to industries, including the receipt of invention disclosures, processing patents, and marketing to target potential licensees

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  University of Detroit Mercy

  • Greater Detroit Area

  • Legal Library Assistant and School Recruiter

    • 2006 - 2007
    • Greater Detroit Area

    • Updated all active legal periodicals used by students and library patrons• Assisted students and library patrons with legal research matters• Performed various clerical duties as required• Traveled to different regions of the country and participated in law school fairs• Gave presentations rega...

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  SEIKALY & STEWART, P.C.,

  • Greater Detroit Area

  • Law Clerk

    • 2006 - 2006
    • Greater Detroit Area

    • Drafted legal memorandum, motions and appellate briefs for matters related to traffic laws

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  DIERKER & ASSOCIATES, P.C

  • Greater Detroit Area

  • Law Clerk

    • 2004 - 2006
    • Greater Detroit Area

    • Performed applications and procedures for intellectual property rights, with particular emphasis on relevant patent law codes (35 USC and 37 CFR)• Researched substantive and procedural patent law, codes and regulations• Drafted legal memoranda on patent law matters• Analyzed and research client...

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  ASTRA ZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS

  • Greater Boston Area

  • Enabling Science Technology Alliance Assistant

    • 2002 - 2003
    • Greater Boston Area

    • Managed Enabling Science Technology (EST) Scientists’ science portfolios• Explored and researched external opportunities and partnerships with scientists from the academic and private sector• Collaborated closely with representatives of the Legal, Intellectual Property, and Finance departments ...

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  Boston Children's Hospital

  • Greater Boston Area

  • Licensing Assistant Intern, Intellectual Property Office

    • 2001 - 2002
    • Greater Boston Area

    • Negotiated, coordinated, and executed Material Transfer Agreements (MTAs), which governed the exchange of biomaterials and research collaboration amongst in-house scientists, academic institutions, and relevant industries• Successfully managed and streamlined the execution of a large volume of ...