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There are often many questions about clinical trials, such as when and where one might be an option. Join us for a chance to explore clinical trials and how they can be a treatment option for some patients with cancer. This could be the first type of treatment received, or one after. You will learn what is involved in a clinical trial including a patient’s journey through various procedures, assessments, and what you might experience during enrollment. A question-and-answer portion will follow the presentation.
Presenters: Danica Griffin, MS, CCRC and Michael Lowry, CCRC
Danica Griffin is the Lead Clinical Research Specialist in Oncology and has been with Sharp since 2020. Other roles she has held include being a Clinical Research Coordinator in Pediatric Cardiology at Rady Children’s Hospital and a Project Manager and Clinical Research Navigator at Northwestern/ Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago. She has also done community-based research as an undergraduate at San Diego State University and as a graduate student at Purdue University.
Michael Lowry is a Clinical Trials Specialist in Oncology and has been with Sharp since 2020 as well. He works with oncologists to help connect patients to clinical trials and works to remove barriers for study participants and guide them along the way after they are enrolled in a clinical trial. Before joining the Oncology team in February of 2023, Michael worked in neonatal research, caring for high-risk newborns who were receiving care at Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women & Newborns. He also worked as a research assistant on multiple other research studies in the fields of cardiology, pulmonology, and infectious diseases (during the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic). He got his start in research during his years as an undergraduate psychology student at San Diego State University.
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