Angelina Fink
Plant City,FL
Summary
Professional Research Project Manager with robust experience working with diverse functional teams to accomplish short- and long-term oncology and epidemiologic project goals. Managed long-term research projects to successful completion including initiation and closeout, overall project timelines, budgets and project milestones.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Research Project Manager
Optum
08.2022 - Current
- Manage multiple large complex projects and key deliverables on time, budget and scope
- Lead day-to-day operational management assigned for projects, assure adherence to SOPs, regulations, contractual requirements, oversee detailed timeline, budget and resources for successful completion of deliverables
- Act as primary point of contact for study sponsor, study team and other internal/external third parties
- Manage project plans, timelines, financials, scope, quality, and compliance
- Develop proposals, budgets, contracts and respond to Requests for Information for new or amendment services
- Ensure required regulatory and compliance approvals are obtained and maintained for all ongoing contracted work
- Developed comprehensive project plans, outlining objectives, timelines, budgets, and resource allocation to ensure successful delivery within scope.
- Provide timely and accurate status reporting of milestones, risks, and finances to key internal and external stakeholders
- Ensure all project documentation is maintained and reflective of the current project status
- Lead internal/external audits, as needed
- Contribute to the development of resources and guidelines for the Epidemiology department
- Initiate and facilitate contracting activities with clients, third party vendors and consultants, interfacing with Legal, Regulatory Agencies, Compliance, Finance and Business Development
- Managed cross-functional teams, fostering a collaborative environment and promoting individual contributions toward project success.
- Evaluated project progress regularly, identifying potential risks and initiating corrective actions to mitigate any negative impact on results.
- Streamlined communication between team members for increased efficiency and improved collaboration in achieving project goals.
- Serve as mentor to junior project managers.
- Contributed to the development and maintanence of training resources for Project Management Team
- Review and identify gaps or areas for improvement within existing operational documentation and process documents
- Manage cross-project archival practices
- Assist with operational and strategic cross-departmental activities and resolutions
Sr. Research Project Manager
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center
01.2016 - 08.2022
- Implementation and successful completion of various prostate cancer related research studies (clinical trial IITs, retrospective data analysis, biospecimen studies, validation studies, training programs, imaging studies), including protocol development, CRF creation, study activation and closeout
- Monitored study accrual/milestones, identifying and mitigating risks to the successful completion of study milestones
- Mentored project team members and provided guidance on research methodologies, contributing to their professional growth and development
- Managed complex, cross-functional relationships, ensuring a collaborative and productive environment
- Expanded current research to external sites both nationally and internationally
- Coordinated with external partners to ensure seamless collaboration on joint research initiatives
- Assisted and facilitated grant, regulatory and compliance submissions
- Liaised with outside vendors/organizations
- Facilitated contract completion and execution
- Budget management
- Site audit visits
- Progress reporting
- Grant/manuscript/protocol preparation
- WOC credentialed for VA Research
- Managed Prostate Cancer Center of Excellence within two local VA centers
- Facilitation of goals, objectives and activities of a multidisciplinary health disparities committee
- Hired/trained and assisted project staff on research protocols
Assistant Director, Research Base Administrator
University of South Florida
10.2012 - 05.2017
- Responsible for all day-to-day activities of a successful NCI-funded Community Clinical Oncology Program (CCOP) Research Base
- Assisted member investigators in the development of potential study ideas into concepts/full protocols in pediatric and adult oncology
- Defined and developed data collection instruments to ensure data was collected to meet study objectives
- Monitored study accrual
- Hired/trained and assisted project staff on their research protocols
- Identified and contracted with outside vendors
- Regulatory submissions
- Site audit visits
- Subcontracts
- Maintained all administrative aspects of the Research Base (i.e Budgeting, invoicing, supplies, etc.)
Research Coordinator
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center
09.2008 - 05.2013
- Recruited participants for a randomized trial testing the efficacy of a web-based smoking cessation intervention
- Data management
- Internal auditing of participant payments
- Assisted in the submission of annual progress reports for both the funding agency and the IRB
- Submitted intervention development research for the college student smoking intervention to the Society for Research in Nicotine and Tobacco
- Collaborated on content development for a relapse prevention video for cancer patients
- Assisted on a grant funded study tracking the smoking behavior of cancer patients
- Developed a smoking knowledge video and pamphlet for use in cancer care clinics and primary care clinics
Clinical Research Administrator
University of South Florida
08.2011 - 10.2012
- Compliance monitoring
- Protocol education
- Assisted sites with study related issues
- Protocol development
- Assisted in the development of a new data collection web platform for the Research Base
Research Associate
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center
05.2007 - 11.2007
- Data entry and maintenance using Excel and Access
- Recruitment and enrollment of participants for each study from various clinics in the hospital
- Correspondence with participants to keep research records up-to-date
- Ran statistical analysis
- Submitted research findings to the American Psychosocial Oncology Society
- Trained new staff members and mentored a group of college intern volunteers
Education
Master’s Degree - Public Health (MPH
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL2011
Bachelor’s Degree - Psychology
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL2006
Skills
- Research Management
- Clinical Trial Expertise
- Customer Segmentation
- Survey Creation
- Budget Control
- Microsoft Project
- Team Leadership
- Project Management
- Team Collaboration
- Customer Relationship Management
- Stakeholder Relations
- Staff Management
Certification
2019 Certified Clinical Research Professional Society of Clinical Research Professionals (SOCRA)
Therapeutic Areas
- Immunology in prostate cancer, genomic testing in patients with prostate cancer, prevention of cardiotoxicity in breast cancer patients, neurocognitive deficits in survivors of pediatric brain tumors, cachexia in pediatric oncology patients, smoking cessation in oncology patients, stress management in oncology patients
Publications
Fink, A, Derenzis, A, Awasthi, S, Jahan, N, Johnstone, P, Pow‐Sang, J, Torres-Roca, J, Grass, G, Fernandez, D, Naghavi, A.O., Tan, S, Manley, B, Li, R, Poch, M, Yu, A, Little, N, Bass, E, Ercole, C, Katsoulakis, E, Yamoah, K. (2022). Identifying and overcoming barriers to participation of minority populations in clinical trials: Lessons learned from the VanDAAM study. Cancer Medicine. 10.1002/cam4.5000.
Yamoah, K, Lee, K, Awasthi, S, Alba, P, Perez, C, Anglin-Foote, T, Robison, B, Gao, A, DuVall, S, Katsoulakis, E, Wong, Y, Markt, S, Rose, B, Burri, R, Wang, C, Aboiralor, O, Fink, A, Nickols, N, Lynch, J, Garraway, I. (2022). Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Prostate Cancer Outcomes in the Veterans Affairs Health Care System. JAMA Network Open. 5. e2144027. 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.44027.
Yuan Z, Fernandez D, Dhillon J, Abraham-Miranda J, Awasthi S, Kim Y, Zhang J, Jain R, Serna A, Pow-Sang JM, Poch M, Li R, Manley B, Fink A, Naghavi A, Torres-Roca JF, Grass GD, Kim S, Latifi K, Hunt D, Johnstone PAS, Yamoah K. Proof-of-principle Phase I results of combining nivolumab with brachytherapy and external beam radiation therapy for Grade Group 5 prostate cancer: safety, feasibility, and exploratory analysis. Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis. 2021;24(1):140-9. Epub 2020/07/12. doi: 10.1038/s41391-020-0254-y. PubMed PMID: 32651467; PMCID: PMC7882397.
Asamoah F, Yarney J, Awasthi S, Vanderpuye V, Dadzie M, Fink A, Naghavi A, Abrahams A, Mensah J, Sasu E, Tagoe S, Dhillon J, Johnstone P, Yamoah K. (2019). Definitive Radiation Treatment Patterns and Outcomes for Low and Intermediate Risk Prostate Cancer Patients: A Cross-Continental Comparative Study. (2019) American Journal of Clinical Oncology; Preview.
Awasthi S, Gerke T, Williams V, Asamoah F, Fink A, Balkrishnan, R, Park J, Yamoah, K. (2019). Interrelationship Between Health Insurance Status and Prostate Cancer Grade Can Have Critical Impact on Prostate Cancer Disease Control: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Cancer Control; 26(1).
Guglin M, Krischer J, Tamura R, Fink A, Bello-Matricaria, L, McCaskill-Stevens W, Munster P. (2019). Randomized Trial of Lisinopril Versus Carvedilol to Prevent Trastuzumab Cardiotoxicity in Patients With Breast Cancer. Journal of the American College of Cardiology; 73 (22) 2859-2868.
Awasthi S, Gerke T, Park JY, Asamoah FA, Williams VL, Fink AK, Balkrishnan R, Lee DI, Malkowicz SB, Lal P, Dhillon J, Pow-Sang JM, Rebbeck TR, Yamoah K. (2019). Optimizing time to treatment to achieve durable biochemical disease control after surgery in prostate cancer: a multi-institutional cohort study. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers; 28: (3) 570-577.
Asamoah FA, Yarney J, Awasthi S, Vanderpuye V, Venkat PS, Fink AK, Naghavi AO, Abrahams A, Mensah JE, Sasu E, Tagoe SNA, Johnstone PAS, Yamoah K. (2018). Contemporary Radiation Treatment of Prostate Cancer in Africa: A Ghanaian Experience. Journal of Global Oncology; (4) 1-13.
Williams VL, Awasthi, S, Fink AK, Pow-Sang JM, Park JY, Gerke T, Yamoah K. (2018). African-American men and prostate cancer-specific mortality: a competing risk analysis of a large institutional cohort, 1989-2015. Cancer Medicine; 7: (5) 2160-2171.
Kumar N, Fink, A, Levis S, Xu P, Tamura R, Krischer J. (2018). Thyroid function in the etiology of fatigue in breast cancer. Oncotarget, 9 (39), 25723–25737.
Guglin, M., Munster, P., Fink, A., Krischer, J. (2017). Lisinopril or Coreg CR in reducing cardiotoxicity in women with breast cancer receiving trastuzumab: A rationale and design of a randomized clinical trial. American Heart Journal, 188, 87-92. PMID: 28577685 PMCID: PMC5458618.
Simmons, V.N., Heckman*, B.W., Fink, A.C., Small, B.J., & Brandon, T.H. (2013). Efficacy of an experiential, dissonance-based smoking intervention for college students delivered via the internet. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 81, 810-820. PMCID: PMC23668667.
Fink, A.C., Patel, R.D., Heckman, B.W., Sismilich, K.M., Brandon, T.H., & Simmons, V.N. (2011, February). Development and Pilot Testing of a Web-Based Intervention for College Smokers. Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Simmons, V.N., Heckman, B.W., Fink, A.C., Patel, R., Bello, L., & Brandon, T.H. (2011, February). Efficacy of an Experiential, Web-Based Smoking Intervention for College Smokers. Oral paper presented at the meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Fink, A., Karlins, A., Jim, H., Wilson, R., and Jacobsen, P. Use of Complimentary Medicine Prior to Starting Chemotherapy Treatment. American Psychosocial Oncology Society Annual Conference. February 2008.
Karlins A., Fink, A., Jim, H., Wilson, R., and Jacobsen, P. Relationship Between Exercise Behaviors and Quality of Life in Patients Beginning Chemotherapy. American Psychosocial Oncology Society Annual Conference. February 2008.
Timeline
Senior Research Project Manager
Optum
08.2022 - Current
Sr. Research Project Manager
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center
01.2016 - 08.2022
Assistant Director, Research Base Administrator
University of South Florida
10.2012 - 05.2017
Clinical Research Administrator
University of South Florida
08.2011 - 10.2012
Research Coordinator
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center
09.2008 - 05.2013
Research Associate
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center
05.2007 - 11.2007
Master’s Degree - Public Health (MPH
University of South Florida
Bachelor’s Degree - Psychology
University of South Florida