ACRP New York Metropolitan Chapter

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About the New York Metropolitan Chapter

The New York Metropolitan Chapter of ACRP, currently the largest world-wide, is celebrating its 15 year anniversary.  We are a recognized Chapter of Excellence dedicated to providing stellar education and training opportunities to our members. Founded in 2003, the chapter serves the New York metropolitan and surrounding areas to provide up-to-date information, continuing education credits, and networking for the research community. We develop regional programs that help clinical research professionals learn, develop, network and achieve professional goals. Annual programs include a full day symposium, three educational seminars, two certification prep course trainings, and a holiday networking party. The three educational seminars and full day symposium feature top industry leaders.

Membership

The NY Metro Chapter has approximately 292 members. Our members come from New York (NYC, Westchester, and Long Island), New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Missouri, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Utah and Ontario, Canada. We are a comprehensive organization of clinical research professionals from a variety of backgrounds. Our members represent clinical sites, academia, industry (pharma, device, and biotech), CROs, and consultants who hold positions such as project and line managers, CRAs, CRCs, clinical QA, IRB administrators, nurses, physicians, trainers and contract administrators.

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Joining and Renewing Chapter Membership

ACRP membership is required to join our chapter. ACRP membership offers invaluable global networking and professional development opportunities including access to many resources: Clinical Researcher, The Wire, online communities, discounts on offerings, and more. Select ‘Membership’ from the menu bar on the ACRP home page for more information on the many benefits.

We look forward to seeing you at our chapter meetings and hope that you will consider becoming more involved in the Chapter at some point by volunteering for a committee or running for a Board Member position.

Upcoming Events

2023

• March 14, 2023 - Virtual Movie Night: The Human Trial

Past Events

2023

• February 21 - Fireside Chat: Careers in Clinical Research -- A Recruiter's Perspective

2022

• December 8 - The 19th Annual Holiday and Networking Party
• October 27 & October 28 - 14th Annual Clinical Research Symposium: Enhancing Excellence in the Conduct of Clinical Research
• September 20 - Fireside Chat: How to Transition From the Site to the Sponsor
• August 25 - Joint Chapter Event: Regulatory Inspections of Research Sites: What to Expect, What to Do & What Not to Do!
• June 11 - Virtual Course/Study Group for ACRP Certification
• May 18 - Billing Audit Compliance -- Be Prepared!
• April 14 - Fireside Chat: Careers in Regulatory Affairs & Human Research Protections
• March 30 - Movie Night: Three Identical Strangers
• January 22 - Virtual Course/Study Group for ACRP Certification

2021

• October 28 & October 29 - 13th Annual Clinical Research Symposium: Decentralized Clinical Trials: How Technology is Revolutionizing Clinical Trials
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• September 29 - The Role of Clinical Trials in Fighting the COVID-19 Pandemic
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• July 10 - Virtual Course/Study Group for ACRP Certification
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• June 23 - Fireside Chat: Careers in Clinical Research - Clinical Research Operations (Must be a NYM Chapter member to attend)
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• May 26 - Trials, Tribulations and Triumphs: Our Journey Through Rare Disease Clinical Trials
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• March 18 - Diversifying Clinical Recruitment: The Importance of Community Engagement
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• January 28 - Mid-Winter Networking Event
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2020

• December 12 - Virtual Course / Study Group for ACRP Certification
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• December 10 - 17th Annual Holiday Networking Party
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• November 5 & 6 - 12th Annual Clinical Research Symposium
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• September 30 - Virtual Movie Night: The Bleeding Edge
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• July 29 - FDA Inspections: Understand the Process and Manage the Consequences
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• July 25 - Virtual Prep Course / Study Group for ACRP Certification
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• June 10 - Regulatory Inspections of the Research Site: What to Expect, What to Do and What Not to Do!
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2019

• December 12 - The 16th Annual Holiday and Networking Party
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• December 7 - Classroom Course/Study Group for ACRP Certification
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• November 1 - ACRP Symposium: Paving the Road to Success for a Clinical Trial: The Start-up Process - Sponsor and Site Perspectives
  • Reinventing Site Feasibility: Moving from Simple Survey to Relationship Management
  • Research Site Best Practices and Collaboration Opportunities
  • Building Relationships & Startup Collaboration: Sponsors and Sites
  • Compliant Clinical Trial Contracting: Sponsor and Site Perspectives
  • Behind the Scenes: How Clinical Trial Budget & Contracts Work - A Site Perspective
  • Successful Start-up Planning: Timelines and Workforce Needs
  • Workforce Needs for Study Start-up: It is Time to "DIG" In!
• September 17 - Recent and Proposed Changes in Federal GCP Regulations and Their Impact on How Clinical Research is Conducted
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• June 22 - Instructor-Led Prep Course/Study Group for ACRP Certification
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• May 15 - Engagement, Outreach and Recruitment to Research: Innovation, Technology and Tools
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• March 16 - History of Human Experimentation in the United States: Are We Learning From Our Mistakes?
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• February 2 - NY Metro ACRP Prep Course
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2018

• December 5 - Holiday and Networking Party
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• October 26 - 10th Annual Symposium - Owning Your Career Development in Clinical Research
  Presentations
  • Hiring Right the First Time - Downhour and Jovanovic
  • Put Yourself Out There! - Rebecca Kennedy
  • Stand Out Every Time You Stand Up and Speak - Michael Davis
  • Aligning Clinical Research Careers & Resource Management - Erika Stevens
  • It's Your Career: Own It! - Ann Marie Cisneros
  • Professional Development for the CRC - A Shared Responsibility - Joy Jurnack
  • Career Path of a Clinical Research Associate - Shannon Naughton
• September 26 - 3rd Annual Webinar, ICH E6 (R2) Addendum: Impact and Action Planning for Site and Sponsor Teams
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• June 23 - ACRP Certification Exam Prep Course
• June 12 - Networking Event
• May 23 - How to Design and Conduct an Investigator Initiated Study
• March 27 - Project Management in Clinical Research
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2017

• December 9 - ACRP Certification Exam Prep Course
• December 7 - 14th Annual Networking Event
• October 27 - The Clinical Research Landscape
• September 28 - Wearable Devices and Their Current Applications in Clinical Trials
• June 17 - ACRP Certification Exam Prep Classroom Course 
• May 9 - Improving Quality and Compliance through Effective SOP Development
  
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  • Job Aid 01 - Regulatory Rationale for SOPs
  • Job Aid 02 - SOP Development and QM - Commonly Used Terms
  • Job Aid 03 - SOP Project Planning Worksheet
  • Job Aid 04 - General Rules for SOP Writing
• March 8 - Measuring the Impact of Complexity on Productivity

2016

• December 10 - Certification Exam Prep Course
• December 8 - 13th Annual Holiday Networking Event
• November 4 - 8th Annual Clinical Research Symposium
  • Greer - Keynote 
  • Alonso - Remote Monitoring from a Site's Perspective
  • Pierre - INCR Presentation: QM Tools for Enhanced RBM
  • - Audit Inspections
  • Scroggs - Audit Inspections
  • Carew - Good Source Documentation
  • Park - PI Oversight

• September 24 - Item Writing Training for the ACRP Certification Exams
• September 22 - Diversity in Clinical Research

• New York Metro Past Chapter Events

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Benefits of Chapter Membership
Becoming an active member in your local ACRP chapter is a great way to learn more about clinical research in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry and it also provides many great benefits; a member of the New York Metro Chapter of ACRP can expect to receive the following benefit:

• Obtaining research-related continuing education credits for each speaker meeting you attend – which counts towards certification maintenance
• Discounted registration for chapter sponsored educational programs
• Networking in all areas of research with other engaged research professionals
• A valuable resource for information, training, and employment opportunities

Remember, only members of ACRP can become members of the local Chapter. Our Chapter is active in the National dues collection program. This means that the national organization will collect dues for local membership at the same time they collect your national dues.

Moving?
Please be sure to let us know where we will be able to reach you.  Send your new contact information to ACRP Global and also to our chapter at nymetroacrp@gmail.com. This will help keep the ACRP Global and our chapter databases up-to-date so that you won't miss any important news.

Sponsorship and Advertising Opportunities
Would you like to become a corporate or institutional sponsor for a New York Metropolitan Chapter event? Inquiries about the available levels of sponsorships can be directed to nymetroacrp@gmail.com.

Want to place an advertisement in our chapter’s quarterly newsletter or post a position on the monthly Job Board? Contact Janet Ellen Holwell for further details.

Contact Information

• President: Gabrielle Gaspard, MPH, MBA, CCRC, ACRP-CP
• President-Elect: James Holahan, MPH, MS, CCRP
• Immediate Past President: Halley Rogers, MPH, CCRC
• Past Presidents Advisory Committee Chair: Christina Brennan, MD, MBA 
• Secretary:  Alison Randall, MPH, PMP, CCRC
• Treasurer: Joyce Ann Moran, CCRC
• Parliamentarian: George Gasparis
• Bylaws Committee Chair: George Gasparis
• Communications Committee Chair: Janet Ellen Holwell, CCRC, CCRA, FACRP, TIACR
• Education & Programs Committee Co-Chair: MeeLee Tom, MS, CCRA, ACRP-CP, ACRP-MDP, FACRP, 
• Education & Programs Committee Co-Chair: George Gasparis
• Membership & Retention Committee Chair: Andrika Thomas, CCRP
• Nominations Committee Chair: Carlotta Rodriguez, MS, CIP, CHRC
• Marketing Chair: Open
• Member-at-Large: Rosemarie Gagliardi, MPH, EdD, CCRA
• Member-at-Large: Open

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