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SCRI.com Associate or Assistant Program Director The Associate / Assistant Program Director is a key member of the clinical research program staff for SCRI. The Associate / Assistant Program Director oversees the development and maintenance of a comprehensive menu of cancer clinical trials and works closely with SCRI-affiliated researchers and their staff to provide education and foster compliance with SOPs, Good Clinical Practice standards and applicable laws and regulations. The Associate / Assistant Program Director possesses, or will be actively striving to earn, recognition nationally and internationally as an expert in cancer research. Duties: • Assist in developing and executing SCRI internal and external strategies. • Provide clinical oversight and direction to the execution of trials. • Serve as a liaison to industry and work closely with pharmaceutical companies, as a representative of SCRI, to obtain access to a robust menu of industry sponsored clinical trials for SCRI-affiliated researchers. • Participate in scientific meetings, as a representative of SCRI, to maintain awareness of cancer research activities. • Maintain thorough and up-do-date knowledge of investigational cancer treatments and research and serve as content expert for SCRI and SCRI-affiliated researchers. • Report results of investigational therapy trials, as a representative of SCRI, through manuscripts in peer reviewed medical journals, through presentations at local and national professional meetings, and otherwise as appropriate. • Create concepts for research studies. • Assess performance of clinical trials and develop action plans to address performance gaps. • Assess organizational processes associated with trial execution and identify ways to improve and streamline internal procedures. • Direct and interact with internal and external regulatory personnel to assure compliance with regulatory requirements for investigational therapy clinical trials. • Monitor patient accrual rates and implement action plans when necessary to address issues. • Oversee all aspects of patient treatment associated with trial execution including: enrollment, patient consent, pharmacy. • Plan and facilitate meeting and committees to address clinical research issues. • Proactively handle standards of care issues or conflict of interest issues. • Serve as Principal Investigator on Clinical Trials as requested, in accordance with the requirements set forth FDA Form 1572, SCRI's policies and procedures and applicable law. • Act at all times in accordance with the SCRI/McKesson Code of Conduct and Mission and Values statement. • Perform other duties as assigned.
