Her Story
About Kim
My main area of expertise is all things clinical research with human subjects. I help investigators perform or conduct research in the right way. I hold classes that they can attend, like orientation to clinical research, and we also onboard medical students from nearby universities to make sure they can come to the hospital to actually get their experience under their belt with working with human participants. We do education, but we also onboard these students and other faculty from nearby institutions, and we help with relationships with clinical research organizations to get more clinical research opportunities at the hospital. I also help with research compliance a little bit - when there's a study team that's having maybe a little bit of a challenge, maybe they just don't understand the process or they need a little bit more education, we do customized sessions with them to help them figure out what's going on and help reconcile those issues. So we do quite a bit.
Her Interview
Ten minutes with Kim
01What do you attribute your success to?
I would not be here if it weren't for my colleagues, my managers, supervisors, and vice president. I lean on them for a lot of stuff, and they lean on me, and it's just - I wouldn't be here without them. Learning from them and taking their advice to heart, and trying to do the work as best you can, that's what has made the difference for me.
02What advice would you give to young women entering your industry?
I would really recommend looking into certifications, because they get you set up on the right track. It really depends on the certification you go for, and it depends on which track you want to take. If you want to be a coordinator, there are certifications for that. If you want to be an administrator, or statistics, or finance, there's all these different certifications, and they really set you above the bar. Whenever we get candidates for roles, if they have some type of certification, they're always top of the list. That's what I would recommend for people coming into the industry - to look into those certifications when applying for new jobs.
03What are the biggest challenges or opportunities in your field right now?
Just the changing landscape federally, with the NIH cut to funding due to federal mandates - navigating that has been a challenge, but nothing we can't overcome. And just learning how to be a supervisor of people has been a challenge, but a welcome one. It's been fun. I want my team to come to work and actually like to come to work, to feel fulfilled and build out of their jobs. I hate it when they come up to me and say they hate their job, so I try to help them overcome that - what can we do that would actually play to their passions and interests? So we move a lot of stuff around.
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