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Associate Program Director The Associate Program Director, ("Associate Program Director"), is a non-employee advisory consultant reporting to the Chief Executive Officer and President of the Company, The Associate Program Director is a key member of the clinical research program staff for SCRI. The Associate 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 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.