Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Additional Information
Affiliations
Languages
Certification
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Farimah Salami, Ph.D. CCRP

Farimah Salami, Ph.D. CCRP

Memphis,Tennessee

Summary

  • 6 Years clinical expertise, engagement in clinical research and healthcare, develop and maintain professional relationships with KOLs, HCPs and pharmaceutical companies.
  • Strong communication skills effectively convey complex scientific information to diverse technical and nontechnical audiences, payers, stakeholders and patients, as evidenced by successful collaborations that led to enroll 232 eligible patients in 6 clinical trials.
  • Strong scientific acumen in discovery, ability to deepen understanding of the therapeutic area and applying critical thinking to assimilate and submit high-quality actionable insights aligned with organizational priorities and medical input as evidenced by 11 conference presentations and 5 journal publications.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience
2
2
Certification

Work History

Clinical Research Coordinator II

Le Bonheur Children's Hospital
01.2020 - Current
  • Worked with principal investigator and sponsors to coordination and implementation of clinical research.
  • Manage expanding regional network, and ongoing development and strengthening of multi-site collaborations.
  • Participated in initiation visits and investigator meetings, implementing trials in accordance with study timelines and budgets.
  • Coached new team members on productivity strategies to accomplish challenging goals.
  • Engaging with KOL/PHC internally and vendors externally for managements of new clinical trials.

Clinical Research Associate

University Of Tennessee Health Science Center
04.2018 - 01.2020
  • Managed updates and input for patient information database.
  • Educated patients regarding all facets of clinical study participation.
  • Assisted with research protocol development.
  • Demonstrated advanced knowledge of federal regulatory compliance guidelines.
  • Screened patient records, databases, and physician referrals to identify prospective candidates for research studies.
  • Maintained compliance with protocols covering patient care and clinical trial operations.
  • Followed informed consent processes and maintained records.
  • Gathered, processed, and shipped lab specimens.
  • Monitored unit budget to meet financial objectives for spend rate and funding.

Education

Post-Doc Fellow - Diagnostic Imaging Department

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Memphis, TN
02.2018

Ph.D. - Biology (Neuroscience)

University of Memphis
Memphis, TN
08.2015

Skills

  • Proposal Development
  • Project Management
  • Strategic Planning
  • Compliance Enforcement
  • Cross Functional Team Builder
  • Cultural Sensitivity
  • Remote Team Management
  • Customer and Personnel Training
  • Vendor Relationship Management
  • Relationship Building with KOLs
  • Effective Negotiations
  • Data Collection & Research
  • Proficient in MC Team, RealTime-CTMS, REDCap, MS Sharepoint, MS Office

Additional Information

  • Voluntarily reviewer for

1) Biomed Research International Journal

2) Austin Journal of Genetics and Genomic Research

3) Cancer Growth and Metastasis Journal


  • Mentoring & Teaching

1) 4 graduate students (2011-2015)

2) 140 undergrad students/year (2010- 2015)


  • Perform HD- EEG technology and read EEG signals
  • Set up FRET technology and creat an SOP at IMC of U of M

Affiliations

Member of:

  • SOCRA, The Society of Clinical Research Associates
  • AACR, American Association for Cancer Research
  • ASCB, The American Society for Cell Biology


Languages

English
Full Professional
Persian
Native or Bilingual

Certification

  • CCRP, The Society of Clinical Research Associates
  • GCP, Good Clinical Practice

Timeline

Clinical Research Coordinator II

Le Bonheur Children's Hospital
01.2020 - Current

Clinical Research Associate

University Of Tennessee Health Science Center
04.2018 - 01.2020

Post-Doc Fellow - Diagnostic Imaging Department

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Ph.D. - Biology (Neuroscience)

University of Memphis
Farimah Salami, Ph.D. CCRP