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Medical Assistant

Location:
South Brunswick Township, NJ
Posted:
January 29, 2014

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B AR I RA MA L I K

Franklin Park, New Jersey.

Cell: 609-***-****

barira.malik @gmail.com

P rofessional Summary

• US qualified BSC with 3 years of hands-on clinical research experience.

• Excellent understanding of clinical research documentation & methodology, medical

terminology, FDA and GMP, GCP/ICH guidelines.

• Strong negotiation and communication skills with the ability to operate effectively in Global

pharmaceutical environment.

• Attention to detail and quality focused with strong organizational and project

management skills

• Excellent understanding of physiology, pharmacology, clinical study objectives,

pharmacovigilance activities and overall drug development process.

• Therapeutic Areas: Oncology, Rheumatology, Immunology

P rofessional Experience

Johnson and Johnson, (Medical Affairs)

Clinical Research Associate I

D ec 2013- Present

• Focus on investigator initiated studies, Phase III - Phase IV trials, and registries to ensure

key activities related to safety and reporting are executed in a timely and compliant

fashion.

• Partners with Clinical Project Scientists, therapeutic area leaders, Global Clinical

Operations staff, and key safety personnel to execute Medical Affairs research initiatives.

• Assists with execution of clinical studies, preparation of internal/external presentations,

study tracking, and analysis.

• Coordinate, manage and organize data collection for internal meetings

• Operate Ariba P2P to maintain budgetary responsibilities.

• Working in collaboration with the therapeutic area leadership as well as the Centers of

Excellence to act as a liaison between the Janssen Medical Affairs research group and

operational counterparts within J&J to achieve successful implementation of projects

through in-sourced, outsourced or matrix operating models

• Coordinate, manage and organize data collection for internal meetings

• Collect and review regulatory documentation

• Perform regulatory background check for HCP to initiate investigator studies

• Operate Ariba P2P to maintain budgetary responsibilities.

• Review and enter data into databases

Pfizer Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Senior Associate Scientist Nov 2012- Nov 2013

• Primarily responsible for developing analytical methods and/or bioassays for vaccines,

proteins or other therapeutic entities

• To monitor the intended mechanism of action of drug candidates and to confirm residual

host impurities are controlled.

• Work across analytical functions and projects and provide technical counsel to other

organizations and senior leadership

• Developing an indirect Cell based ELISA to determine the potency of a drug substance.

• Enter applicable information into the global safety database for initial or follow up cases

received via paper, fax or email.

• Responsible for safety data/Adverse Events entry and case book in onto adverse event

database (ARGUS) and QC of adverse events for completeness, accuracy and

appropriateness for expedited reporting.

• Monitor electronic mailboxes and Argus ESM to ensure timely acceptance of Adverse

Event (AE) Reports

• Assist with the monitoring of safety profile of assigned projects, co-ordinate and assists

with pharmacovigilance activities through active follow-up of AE/SAEs.

• Interface with safety team for safety matters including follow-up on events of interest and

input into site queries regarding adverse events.

Celgene Cellular Therapeutics.

Clinical Associate (Research and Development) Mar 2011- Oct 2012

• Supports Global trial leader and clinical scientist for Phase III study submission

related activities.

• Review Patient profiles for data verification/cleaning before database lock.

• Raising queries in OC/RDC and keeping track / resolving those generated queries.

• Reconciliation of SAE’s before Database lock.

• Involved with the Adjudication of SAE’s to evaluate overall safety of the

molecule in collaboration with Medical Review Committee.

• Involved with TMF Reconciliation for Clinical Study Report.

• Develop and maintain collaborative working relationships with clinical

investigative sites and study clinicians to get supportive documents as required.

SNS Research, Lakewood, NJ

Clinical Research Coordinator, Jun 2010- Feb 2011

Involved in Informed Consent process and prescreening of patients in data base and

scheduling patients for screening. Following the sponsor’s and site’s SOP under GCP and

FDA guidelines.

Submitting documents to IRB and following up with IRB queries/ recommendations.

Answer specific queries by IRB (Institutional Review Board) regarding, Protocol, ICF

etc. for approval.

• Entering data in CRF’s (paper) and or EDC (Electronic Data Capture).

• Assist Principal Investigator with the evaluation of a study by reviewing study data.

Identifying and resolving data discrepancies.

• Review the tracker maintained by CRO/Sponsor for Open Notes, pending queries, SAEs

and AE's.

• Review, analyze adverse events and enter on CRFs/EDC using CTCAE (Common

Terminology

Criteria for Adverse Event) to properly code the adverse event and use of proper grade associated

with each adverse event.

• The completion of full case information (SAE) on the database, culminating in Quality

Review to ensure accuracy and completeness.

• Perform the collections and maintenance of essential study documents at the site and

regular documents which includes PI/subPI, CVs and 1572.

UMDNJ Pediatric Rheumatology, New Brunswick, NJ

Medical Assistant, September 2008- March 2009

• Recorded medical tests and lab reports

• Prepared and filed patient charts and performed data entry

EDUCATION

• Bachelor of Science in Biotechnology May 2010 (Rutgers University, School of

Environmental & Biological Sciences, New Brunswick, NJ)

Research Experience

Research Assistant, (Rutgers University) September- December 2009

• Assisted Professor in studying the experiments investigating infectious diseases

on horses using aseptic techniques.

• Performed extraction protocols to recover bacterial DNA from gram-positive and

gram-negative bacteria

• Evaluated bacterial extracts in PCR and Real-Time PCR assays and determined

the efficacy of DNA extraction using sigma Plant-N-Extract protocol from pure

cultures of E.coli and L.monocytogenes as well as to evaluate the effect of tissues on

the extraction of bacterial DNA

• Animal Microtechnique, tissue culture and Comparative virology

• Methods in Recombinant DNA technology and Molecular genetics w/d lab

Laboratory Skills

Experience with PCR, Real-Time PCR assays, DNA/RNA extractions

Experience with basic cloning & Aseptic techniques

Experience with ELISA, HPLC, UV, Gel Electrophoresis, Western Blotting

Computer Skills

MS word, MS PowerPoint, Microsoft outlook,

Lotus Notes, ELN, EDC, MODA, LIMS, ARGUS, OC/RDC, Totality, Ariba, ReCAP, ARAVO

Committees/Societies/Professional Affiliations

Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, 2006-2007



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