CURRICULUM VITAE

Leah D. Lucas
3699 Felton Empire Road
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Phone: 832-687-7705
Email: lldc537c@westpost.net

HIGHLIGHTS:
15 years of Clinical Research experience. 9 years of CRA experience monitoring
sponsor driven trials. 6+ years of Clinical Research Project and Study Managemen
t.
Currently managing 6 protocols with multiple sites.
Largest workload consisted of 12 protocols with 26 sites from 8 different sponso
r companies.
Experienced in managing multiple protocols in various therapeutic areas
THERAPEUTIC
EXPERIENCE:
* Neurology
* Infectious Disease
* Rheumatology
* Endocrinology
* CNS/Psych
* Cardiovascular
* Gastroenterology
* Orthopedics
* Pulmonology
* Oncology
* Immunology
* Respiratory
* Urology

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
HEALTHSOUTH Corporation, Texas Region
Director of Clinical Research/Sr. CRA
April 2003- present
Responsibilities include protocol development, maintaining and developing sponso
r and physician relations, Assurance of FDA, ICH/GCP, HIPAA and protocol complia
nce for all study sites, development and compliance of SOPs, Organization, manag
ement and training of research staff, financial management for all research proj
ects, data collection, and site selection and monitoring of all trials.
HEALTHSOUTH Clinical Research, LLC, Conroe, TX
Research Manager/CRA
July 2002 - April 2003
Responsibilities included organization, management and training of the clinical
research team, study data collection, new study acquisition, program development
, compliance, site selection and monitoring of all sponsored trials.
Health Care Link, Inc., Houston, TX
Research Project Manager
1999 - 2002
Responsibilities included Assurance of FDA, ICH/GCP, HIPAA and protocol complian
ce for all study sites, management and training of the clinical research team, m
onitoring of all study sites to ensure protocol and regulatory compliance.
Frostwood Medical Group, Houston, TX
M.A. /CRC II
1995-1999
Responsibilities included coordination of clinical studies, data collection, pro
tocol compliance and study specific procedures.
EDUCATION:
Houston Community College; Houston, TX; Psychology/Business; 1993- Present
Texas College of Medical Careers; Houston, TX; Medical Assistant/ Office Managem
ent Associate degree 1988
HONORS RECEIVED:
Class Valedictorian, Director's List, Honor Society, and Class President; 1988
CERTIFICATIONS:
Association of Clinical Research Professionals; CCRC; November 2003-Present
HIPAA Certification November, 2006-Present
COMPUTER EXPERIENCE:
MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), MS Project - PC and Mac
Oracle Clinical
InForm, PhaseForward, Medidata Electronic Data Capture Systems
TRAINING:
Clinical Monitoring
Medical writing
Cross-trained in data management review.
Lead CRA and Mentoring Training.
Project Management.
Clinical Compliance and ICH guidelines
HIPPA
Quint Studor Management
Behavioral Interviewing and Management

MEMBERSHIPS:
Association of Clinical Research Professionals, November 2003-Present