Last week I was employed and began working right off the bat!
The position I now hold is called Clinical Research Associate (CRA for short), or rather, a CRA trainee. What the heck is that? you might wonder. Well, here's a brief explanation:
Clinical trials are studies to test the safety and effect of new medication on human subjects. Once a new drug has been tested throughly in the lab and on animals, it's time to move on to humans. The experiments are performed by medical doctors. Participation in a clinical trial is, in the interest of the study subjects, completely anonymous, but the pharmaceutical company still we need to make sure that the studies 1) are safe for the patient and 2) follow the scientific protocol. Enter the CRA. A CRA monitors the study and makes sure that everything is going according to plan. And since things rarely do, they also make sure that problems get fixed asap.
About Me
- Omar El M.
- Stockholm, Sweden
- Egyptian parents, Swedish nationality and French culture all in one. Studied biomedicine at the Karolinska Institute, co-founder of movie website Biotider.se and currently working for a contract research organization in the pharmaceutical industry.