Overview
Work History
Education
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Research
Extracurricular Activities
Volunteer Experience
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Francesca Gould

Herndon,VA

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience

Work History

Clinical Research Coordinator

Inova Fairfax Hospital & Women’s Health Integrated Research Center (WHIRC)
Falls Church, VA
01.2022 - Current
  • As a Clinical Research Coordinator I adhere to GCP, HIPPA, FDA, and Inova Health System guidelines when assisting with research studies to ensure the highest quality of research and human subject protection within Inova
  • I assist investigators/research staff in the conduct of clinical research studies, assist in the preparation and submission of regulatory documents to the study sponsor and IRB, assist with documentation of study visits and protocol-specific testing/interviews according to the study protocol, and help the research team in completing case report forms accurately and according to the protocol
  • Along with assisting in screening patients, collecting, processing, annotating, and storing biospecimens for biomedical research.
  • Identified and recommended improvements in routine analytical methods and processes.
  • Maintained laboratory record system to document key information on specimen collection, identification, quality control and other factors.

Research Coordinator

NEXT Oncology
Fairfax, VA
04.2023 - 08.2023
  • Participates in providing timely, informative, and accurate communication with the interdisciplinary team to ensure protocol compliance and timeliness of protocol-related procedures
  • Adheres to applicable federal, state, and institutional regulations, policies, and procedures related to clinical research
  • Identifies and intervenes to address barriers to effective informed consent discussions and decision making (e.g., literacy, capacity, language, distress, lack of time, therapeutic misconception)
  • Describes and abides by institutional policy and processes for informed consent
  • Ensures that the most current version of the IRB approved protocol consent document is used by the physician investigator when consenting or re-consenting a patient
  • Collaborates with the physician investigator to ensure the initial and ongoing consent process is performed and documented
  • Assesses ongoing consent through discussions with patients and reinforcement of education.Assesses patient's understanding of the information provided during the informed consent process
  • Ensures timely re-consenting as needed by the physician investigator
  • Confirms informed consent is obtained prior to performing any study specific tasks
  • Collaborates with the investigator to ascertain study patient eligibility for a clinical trial, including documentation of criteria specified in the protocol
  • Educates the patient and family regarding protocol participation
  • Provides patient education regarding required study procedures
  • Ensures appropriate communication between research and clinical staff related to patient-specific care needs
  • Documents all patient encounters in the legal medical record per licensure and institutional requirements
  • Obtains documents from outside providers or laboratories that are needed as part of the research data
  • Assesses documentation or discrepancies and ensures that inaccurate or discrepant documentation is addressed in the medical record or other source documents
  • Maintains the privacy and confidentiality of patients' source documents
  • Adheres to the data management plan per NEXT SOPs and sponsors data management plan
  • Ensures that relevant data from source documents are abstracted and entered into CRFs in a timely and accurate manner
  • Ensures that data recorded on the CRFs can be verified within the source documents
  • Participates in quality control activities to ensure data integrity, including timely responses to database or sponsor queries
  • Enters data into electronic data capture for SAEs as appropriate.

Patient Care Technician

Forbes Hospital
Monroeville, PA
08.2021 - 12.2021
  • As a patient care technician my responsibilities include but not limited to daily care assistance, vitals, blood glucose monitoring, bladder scans, foley, external catheter care, obtaining specimens, ambulating patients, documenting in EMR, and most importantly providing compassion and kindness to all patients.

Medical Scribe

MedExpress
Murrysville, PA
08.2020 - 04.2021
  • As a medical scribe at MedExpress, my main responsibility is to document a patient’s visit including patient history, physical examination, document procedures, lab results, and document radiographic impressions made by the supervising physician
  • I was also trained to complete basic medical assistant duties such as measuring vitals, collecting/taking specimens for laboratory testing, and maintaining accurate patient records.

Oncology Student Researcher

CanSUR Research Program
Cleveland, OH
05.2018 - 08.2018
  • As an oncology student researcher for Case Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Cleveland Clinic: Translational Hematology-Oncology Research Department, my responsibilities included: participating in interactive cancer research lectures, lab meetings, conducting cell culture research experiments with Ph.D
  • And MD associates, running PCRs, developing Western Blots, and reading a multitude of research articles
  • I created my own research project, along with aiding my colleagues in their research studies, resulted in some of my findings being published in the American Society of Hematology (ASH) annual meeting in 2019.

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Health Sciences with Minor in Psychology -

Cleveland State University
05.2020

Master’s Degree in Biology -

George Mason University

Skills

  • Microsoft Word
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • EPIC
  • Citrix Receiver
  • SPSS
  • RedCap
  • AdobePro
  • Abstract Publication
  • Laboratory Safety Protocols
  • Data Collection
  • BLS Certified
  • Phlebotomy Trained

Research

  • Translational Hematology-Oncology Research (THOR) Department at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner Institute, CUL1: Novel Therapeutic Target in Myeloid Neoplasms Harboring -7/Del(7q), https://doi.org/10.1182/blood-2019-129196
  • Translational Hematology-Oncology Research (THOR) Department at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner Institute, RORA Is a Potential Prognostic Biomarker and Therapeutic Target for Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia, https://doi.org/10.1182/blood-2019-126311
  • Translational Hematology-Oncology Research (THOR) Department at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner Institute, Molecular Characterization of EP300 Mutant Myeloid Neoplasia, https://doi.org/10.1182/blood-2019-13098

Extracurricular Activities

Cleveland State University: Viking Expeditions American Medical Student Association Shadowing Experience at Forbes Hospital in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania with P.A. Karyn Tolman Shadowing Experience at Cleveland Clinic Main Campus Emergency Department with M.D. Rafi Israeli, John Queen & D.O. Katy Moore, Meghan Bennett Shadowing Experience at MedExpress Urgent Care as a medical scribe with M.D. Narinder Malhotra, and M.D. Adam Abdulally

Volunteer Experience

  • Lott Carey: Mission Trips in North Carolina led by Rodman Street Missionary Baptist Church
  • Multiple Volunteer trips with Cleveland State University

Timeline

Research Coordinator

NEXT Oncology
04.2023 - 08.2023

Clinical Research Coordinator

Inova Fairfax Hospital & Women’s Health Integrated Research Center (WHIRC)
01.2022 - Current

Patient Care Technician

Forbes Hospital
08.2021 - 12.2021

Medical Scribe

MedExpress
08.2020 - 04.2021

Oncology Student Researcher

CanSUR Research Program
05.2018 - 08.2018

Bachelor’s Degree in Health Sciences with Minor in Psychology -

Cleveland State University

Master’s Degree in Biology -

George Mason University

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