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Karen Cheek

West Bend,WI

Overview

36
36
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Clinical Research Manager

Advocate Health Care
Milwaukee, WI
07.2017 - Current
  • Manage 50 + research team members
  • Develop and managed clinical research protocols, budgets, and project timelines.
  • Generate monthly progress reports detailing enrollment numbers, site performance metrics.
  • Collaborate with sponsors and investigators to carry out efficient and fully compliant research trials.
  • Maintain open communication with team members and stakeholders, resulting in successful project outcomes.

Director, Clinical Research

Decatur Memorial Hospital
Decatur, IL
02.2005 - 07.2017
  • Decatur, IL Director of Clinical Research Responsible for the DMH Cancer Care Institute, which includes the research program, community outreach, IRB, Cancer Registry, and the largest component of the Heartland NCORP.
  • DMH is the fiscal intermediary for the NCORP.
  • Supervise 27 team members.
  • Negotiate and monitor over 30 pharmaceutical clinical trials contracts.
  • Currently have over 105 trials and over 400 patients in follow up.
  • Manage Cancer Registry and Commission on Cancer Accreditation.

Clinical Research Program Coordinator

Memorial Medical Center
Springfield, IL
11.2004 - 02.2005
  • Track approved clinical trials for IRB and contract approvals.
  • Ensure that research patient billing was implemented according to institutional and government policies.
  • Audit research charts.

Clinical Research Manager

Carle Clinic Association
Urbana, IL
06.1994 - 06.2004
  • Supervise and manage 15 staff members.
  • Oversee one million dollar annual budget. Prepare quarterly reports to NCI.
  • Manage pharmaceutical and NCI trials while ensuring adherence to good clinical practice guidelines.
  • Coordinate marketing and recruiting plans for 4 large national cancer prevention trials.
  • Collaborate with 4 affiliate members to ensure that research policies and procedures are followed.
  • Major accomplishments: Successful in the addition of 3 new affiliate member into the research program. Merged our affiliate* s research programs to be covered by the Carle IRB. Three successful grant applications, each with significant increases in priority scores. Created substantial growth which has allowed staffing to be increased by 10 FTEs in the 10 years. Instrumental in changing the cancer research program from being a financially dependent department to a financially independent department.

Clinical Research Coordinator

Carle Clinic Association
Urbana, IL
11.1987 - 06.1994
  • Coordinated cancer trials, enrolled patients, and abstracted data.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Organizational Leadership

Millikin University
Decatur, IL
12-2009

Associate of Science - Nursing

Parkland College
Champaign, IL
12-1999

Certification

  • Nursing License WI 240724
  • Certified Clinical Research Professional 1996- Present

Timeline

Clinical Research Manager

Advocate Health Care
07.2017 - Current

Director, Clinical Research

Decatur Memorial Hospital
02.2005 - 07.2017

Clinical Research Program Coordinator

Memorial Medical Center
11.2004 - 02.2005

Clinical Research Manager

Carle Clinic Association
06.1994 - 06.2004

Clinical Research Coordinator

Carle Clinic Association
11.1987 - 06.1994

Bachelor of Science - Organizational Leadership

Millikin University

Associate of Science - Nursing

Parkland College
  • Nursing License WI 240724
  • Certified Clinical Research Professional 1996- Present

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