Ellen Thovmasyan
Summary
Dynamic Clinical Research Coordinator with a proven track record at the University of California, San Francisco, excelling in project management and regulatory compliance. A genuine individual with the desire to be a changemaker and contribute to diminishing health disparities. Expert in data collection and statistical analysis, fostering collaboration among diverse stakeholders to drive successful clinical trials. Adept at training staff and enhancing patient engagement through effective communication.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Clinical Research Coordinator/Project Manager
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
06.2023 - Current
- Kept patient care protocols and clinical trial operations in compliance.
- Organized investigator meetings; developed meeting agendas; created presentations; tracked action items from meetings; coordinated follow-up communications after meetings.
- Monitored patient safety during clinical trials according to established guidelines.
- Provided training to study staff on protocol requirements and GCP regulations.
- Educated participants on studies and anticipated outcomes.
- Conducted quality assurance audits at research sites to ensure adherence to protocols, SOPs, regulations, guidelines.
- Collected, processed and delivered specimens from trial participants.
- Assessed records of each patient, reviewed databases and checked referrals to locate potential research study participants.
- Prepared informed consent forms for review by ethics committees.
- Adhered to standards in areas involving data collection, research protocols, and regulatory reporting.
- Communicated effectively with investigators, study staff, sponsors, vendors, IRB personnel, and other stakeholders throughout the life cycle of the trial.
- Placed orders for lab tests, procedures, and medications to be used in studies.
- Collaborated with sponsors and investigators to carry out efficient and fully compliant research trials.
- Performed patient assessments, collected and analyzed data, and prepared reports.
Board Member/Corresponding Secretary
Armenian International Medical Fund
Los Angeles, CA
08.2018 - Current
- Provided strategic direction to the organization by setting goals and objectives.
- Worked with the UCLA affiliate medical team on global surgery endeavors requiring patient recruitment, determining candidacy, patient consultation, and financial advising/problem-solving.
- Remotely facilitating meetings with audiologists, speech therapists, surgeons, and hospital administrators. Discussing CT, MRI, audiology, speech discrimination, and cognitive evaluation reports.
- Upon traveling, I communicated with the deaf child patients and educated their families about proper cochlear implant care and post-op procedures while practicing cultural humility and relativity.
- For studies: utilizing a trauma-informed approach for the recruitment of veteran participants with otosclerosis, patient outreach and recruitment of cochlear implanted young adults for qualitative focus groups, managing data collection, and regulatory work with the Ministry of Health and other stakeholders.
- Collaborated with sponsors and investigators to carry out efficient, fully compliant research trials.
Senior Student Research Associate/Quality Systems Specialist
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
09.2021 - 11.2022
- Graduate student research position working with UCSF Benioff's implementation science team on a quality improvement project for emergency medicine to develop an antibiogram in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
- Performing international correspondence, clinical data collection, meeting with key personnel, and communicating project status, results, and findings.
- Checked electronic data-capturing systems for integrity and compliance.
- Communicated results and issues to researchers, asking questions and seeking assistance as necessary, while adhering to strict documentation and reporting standards.
- Compiled and managed the database, inputting results for modeling and assessment.
- Recorded and sorted analytic data to identify important trends. Used R Studio, REDCap, and SPSS applications to perform statistical analysis and calculations required to assess and predict patterns and trends among admitted patients with treatment guidelines.
Education
Master of Science - Global Health And Clinical Sciences
University of California
San Francisco, CA07-2022
Skills
- Project management, conflict resolution, meeting facilitation, collaboration with stakeholders, budget management, study protocols
- Data collection, statistical analysis, database management, regulatory compliance, and participant recruitment
- Medical scribing, reading images (CT, MRI), patient consultation, adverse event tracking, and specimen collections
- Proficiency in REDCap, SPSS, R Studio, Qualtrics, and Excel
- Team leadership and management:
friendly and Anti-Machiavellian - Formal correspondence with diplomats, politicians, and health advocates
- Artist, classical pianist, amateur, ukulelist
Certification
- Certificated Lactation Educator
- CITI - IRB certified for Social and Behavioral Educational Research
- CITI - RCR certified for SBE Research with Human Subjects Cultural Competency (certified)
- FEMA certified - Courses that highlight emergencies in a hospital setting
Languages
Armenian
Native/ Bilingual
Russian
Limited
Timeline
Clinical Research Coordinator/Project Manager
University of California, San Francisco
06.2023 - Current
Senior Student Research Associate/Quality Systems Specialist
University of California, San Francisco
09.2021 - 11.2022
Board Member/Corresponding Secretary
Armenian International Medical Fund
08.2018 - Current
Master of Science - Global Health And Clinical Sciences
University of California
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