Clinical Research Associate (CRA), Clinical Trials Unit

CLINICAL TRIALS
Malaysia

Associate


Scope / Purpose of Job:

To assist the Clinical Trials Manager (CTM) in management of the clinical trial portfolios and operations in line with the CRMY’s strategy for the Clinical/Translational Research Programmes (the “Programme”).

Responsibilities:

Clinical Trial Operations:

Ensure all activities/tasks delegated are completed and meeting the defined objectives within the specified timeframe and resources

Working under the supervision of the CTM to:

    • Develop clinical trials documentation and toolkits for CRMY sponsored Trials and Investigator Initiated Trials
    • Plan and manage clinical trials conceived internally or externally
    • Support the CTM in conducting study feasibility for new clinical trials

Study Monitoring:

  • Coordinate with the respective clinical trial teams to organize periodical study monitoring visit (on-site or remotely) in ensuring trials are conducted in compliance to study protocol, GCP, ICH guidelines, ethics and regulatory requirements
  • Advise clinical trial teams on matters pertaining to GCP compliance and propose resolutions to findings/issues identified during study monitoring visit
  • Deliver monitoring report after each study monitoring visit

Data Management:

    • Assist CTM in designing the eCRF and perform test on the EDC prior migration to production mode
    • Assist CTM in drafting the CRF Completion Guideline and Data Monitoring Guide for new trials

Sample Management:

    • Coordinate sample management for IITs including ensuring the sufficient supply of study materials to be provided to Site and updating Site on changes on the protocol relating to sample collection/processing
    • Coordinate the shipment of biospecimen from Sites to CRMY lab
    • Ensure all biospecimen are stored or archived as specified in study protocol

Escalate critical issues pertaining to Study and Site Management to CTM 

Compliance and Quality Management:

  • Work together with CTM and research teams to develop and refine Standard Operational Procedure (SOP) for clinical trial operations
  • Provide consultation to study teams on the compliance to SOPs
  • File and maintain GCP certificates of CRMY employee who are involved in Clinical Trial activities and provide information to CRMY staff on the latest GCP workshops in Malaysia

Other responsibilities include:

  • To represent the team and Cancer Research Malaysia when appropriate
  • To undertake other administrative tasks as required

Requirement:

  1. Educated to degree level (Life Science or related fields), with minimal 1-year clinical research or clinical monitoring experience
  2. Good knowledge of applicable clinical research regulatory requirements; i.e., Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and International Conference on Harmonization (ICH) guidelines and local IRB/EC requirements

    1. Experience with study management SOPs
    2. Experience with EDC system such as REDCap and basic knowledge on data management
    3. Ability to establish links between various elements necessary to the proper conduct of the clinical study
    4. Meticulous, detailed, well-organized and able to work independently to meet datelines
    5. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
    6. Resourceful and able to multitask
    7. Certified GCP
    8. Adopts a pro-active attitude to work

  1. Passion for CRMY's mission

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About the Company

Cancer Research Malaysia

We are an independent and non-profit cancer research organisation based in Malaysia. Funded by donations and research grants, we conduct research in niche cancers often found in our Asian population.


Cancer — the big ‘C’ — continues to be a stigma, only spoken about in hushed whispers; how it’s bad karma, how much it costs, and that nothing could be done.


Confronting this stigma head on, CRM has been reversing this language of cancer, transforming the big ‘C’ to a little ‘c’, and we plan to develop tools backed by good research to ensure that we can truly fight cancer on all fronts.


We believe that we will reverse the grip of cancer in our lives. We want researchers to win the war against cancer by turning it around with new ways of prevention and cure. We want to empower the public through impactful outreach programmes, with the hopes that Malaysians will respond differently to cancer by coming forward for screenings and going through with treatments.

Our driving force is held together by these goals:


  • Improving the survival rates of Asian cancer patients, focusing on neglected areas of research.
  • Empowering Asians to have the proper screening and treatment.
  • Improving survival rates by being more accessible, focusing on providing existing cures to patients rather than sit on inaction and potentially losing lives.
  • Making affordable and timely treatments by repurposing drugs, acknowledging the reality that developing new cures are costly and risky.
  • Putting Malaysia in the global spotlight for cancer research by collaborating with top scientists around the world,and working to nurture the next generation of Malaysian cancer researchers.