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Work History
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Current And Past Projects
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Huajun Liang, MBBS, MSc, PhD

Clarksville,MD

Summary

Clinical Scientist with 13 years of clinical trial experience in academia. Strong background in CNS, adaptable to specialized fields in medicine in general. Provided oversight and management of multiple observational studies and 2 phase III-like behavioral intervention clinical trials (see a list of projects in page 3). Lead author of academic manuscripts, IRB documents, informed consent forms, and study reports for regulatory authorities. 70 peer-reviewed publications. Advance proficiency in R (coding language), with in-depth understanding clinical data.

Overview

22
22
years of professional experience

Work History

Clinical Scientist (part-time)

Center for Advanced Imaging Research, University of Maryland School of Medicine
Baltimore , MD
2023.03 - Current

• Provided oversight and management of 3 clinical studies, including 1 behavior intervention clinical trial in mild cognitive impairment.
• Working closely with two Medical Directors and two Clinical Scientist on safety monitoring, study document preparation, and trial operations
• Reviewing incoming data, listings, and deviations weekly in coordination with Medical Directors
• Meeting with Medical Directors 2-3 times per week to ensure comprehensive adverse event review for multiple studies
• Participated in protocol development process by providing input on design elements such as inclusion and exclusion criteria, endpoints, sample size calculations.
• Produced study protocol amendments, informed consent forms, IRB submission documents, responded to IRB and KOL queries, and prepared study case reports for regulatory bodies
• Coordinated communication between investigative sites and sponsors regarding protocol amendments or deviations from standard operating procedures. Ensured GCP and ICH compliance for clinical studies.
• Lead author for manuscript writing for academic journals, published 10 papers in 2023
• Proficient with statistical analysis on comprehensive clinical data with 6 years of experience on R programming and 10 years with SPSS.

Postdoctoral Clinical Scientist

Center for Advanced Imaging Research
Maryland
2017.03 - 2023.03
  • Gained expertise collecting and recording clinical study data, performing informed consent
  • Completed 3 clinical studies in Hong Kong, 1 in Hawaii, and 2 in Maryland
  • Analyzed clinical and neuroimaging data
  • Mentored postdoctoral fellows, graduate students, and clinical research assistants in biostatistics and medical writing
  • Lead manuscript writing and data presentation at conferences.

Postdoctoral Clinical Scientist

John A. Burns School of Medicine
Honolulu , HI
2016.07 - 2017.03

• Completed 2 clinical studies and 1 clinical trial.
• Performed patient evaluation, includes EHR review, physical exam, lab results, medical imaging diagnosis, biomarkers, and performing informed consent.
• Evaluated information and analyzed data to draw conclusions and present findings to scientific community and public.
• Assisted in the preparation of regulatory documents including informed consent forms.
• Analyzed large datasets using statistical software packages such as R or SPSS; provided summary statistics or graphical representations as requested.
• Maintained up-to-date knowledge of current Good Clinical Practices guidelines and FDA regulations governing clinical trials.
• Mentored postdoctoral fellows, graduate students, and clinical research assistants in biostatistics and medical writing
• Lead manuscript writing and data presentation at conferences.

Postdoctoral Clinical Scientist

Department of Psychiatry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
2010.01 - 2016.06

• Gained expertise collecting and recording clinical study data, and performing informed consent and DSMIV diagnostic interview.
• Completed 1 clinical study in ketamine use disorder and 1 in post-stroke mental health status.
• Analyzed clinician and patient-reported outcome data with SPSS.
• Outreached for study recruitment.
• Drafted study report and manuscripts, presented study findings at conferences.

Physician

Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliate Hospital of Jinan University
Guangzhou , China
2004.07 - 2009.12
  • Diagnosis and patient treatment
  • Participated in one phase III (a sleep medicine) and one phase IV clinical trial (a mood stabilizer)
  • Completed internship in Department of Neurology, Cardiology, and Endocrinology.

Physician

Baiyun Mental Health Rehabilitation Hospital
Guangzhou , China
2002.07 - 2004.06
  • Diagnosis and patient treatment
  • Assist clinical operation management.

Education

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) - Medical Science

The Chinese University of Hong Kong
HK SAR, China
2013-12

Master of Science (MSc) - Clinical Medicine

Sun Yat-Sen University
Guangzhou, China
2007-06

Bachelor of Medicine (MBBS) - Medicine

Southern Medical University
Guangzhou, China
2002-06

Skills

  • Clinical Study Design
  • Protocol Development
  • Analytical Skills and Biostatistics
  • Data Review and Interpretation
  • Clinical Operation
  • Medical Writing and Scientific Communication
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration
  • Project Management
  • Regulatory Compliance
  • Patient Care in Psychiatry and Neurology
  • Good Clinical Practice

Current And Past Projects

  • Traditional Chinese medicine in treating sleep disorder (2008-2009, multi-reginal RCT, single blind, phase III).
  • Seroquel in treating bipolar disorder (2007-2009, phase IV).
  • Brain and cognitive consequence of ketamine use disorder in youth in Hong Kong (2010-2014, completed, 200 patients and 100 healthy controls, single site observational clinical study).
  • Computer based working memory training in people with HIV (2016-2019, completed, 122 HIV+ / 107 HIV-, 2 sites, single blind RCT, similar to phase III).
  • Intercorrelates of long COVID (2021-2022, completed, 30 patients/30 controls, single site 1-year longitudinal observational clinical study).
  • Adolescent brain and cognitive development (2017-current, 605 children and their parents at our site, multi-reginal 10-year longitudinal observational clinical study; focusing on mental health).
  • Vascular risk factors for mild cognitive disorder (2023-current, 50 participants enrolled, multi-reginal 3-year longitudinal observational clinical study)
  • Aerobic exercise and working memory training in alleviating mild cognitive impairment (2024-current, 4 participants enrolled, single site, semi-random non-blind clinical trial, similar to phase II-III)

Affiliations And Awards

  • 2022 SNIP Travel Award
  • 2022 SNIP Young Investigator Award for the Most Outstanding Oral Presentation
  • 2022 Alavi-Bradley Symposium on Molecular Imaging and Theranostics 2021 CPDD Travel Award
  • 2020 CPDD Travel Award
  • 2017 CALDAR Summer Institute & International Global Health Conference Travel Award
  • 2004-2007 National scholarships: Sun Yat-Sen University

Timeline

Clinical Scientist (part-time)

Center for Advanced Imaging Research, University of Maryland School of Medicine
2023.03 - Current

Postdoctoral Clinical Scientist

Center for Advanced Imaging Research
2017.03 - 2023.03

Postdoctoral Clinical Scientist

John A. Burns School of Medicine
2016.07 - 2017.03

Postdoctoral Clinical Scientist

Department of Psychiatry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
2010.01 - 2016.06

Physician

Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliate Hospital of Jinan University
2004.07 - 2009.12

Physician

Baiyun Mental Health Rehabilitation Hospital
2002.07 - 2004.06

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) - Medical Science

The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Master of Science (MSc) - Clinical Medicine

Sun Yat-Sen University

Bachelor of Medicine (MBBS) - Medicine

Southern Medical University
Huajun Liang, MBBS, MSc, PhD