Kayleigh Rygalski, MS, CCRP

Experience

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  Giant Eagle, Inc.

  Aug 2011 - Dec 2013

  Pharmacy Technician

  Processed register transactions and provided customer service, Data entry of prescription and insurance information, filling of prescriptions under pharmacist supervision.

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  Summa Health

  Jun 2013 - Dec 2013

  Microbiology Lab Intern

  Plating specimens on various growth mediums for lawn growth or isolation, assisted in reading plates at 24 and 48 hours of incubation for growth, maintained function and efficiency of Siemens lab equipment with weekly maintenance and calibrating,

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  UPMC

  Jan 2015 - Aug 2015

  Pharmacy Technician

  • Sterile and non-sterile compounding and packaging of medications • Experience in IV mixing, working in clean rooms and sterile LAFW hoods• Pyxis refill of medications and cart fill of patient specific prescriptions under pharmacist supervision

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  Geisinger Medical Center

  Aug 2015 - Jun 2017

  Senior Research Assistant

  • Collection and processing of biohazardous materials in clinical and research laboratory settings• Create and maintain sample enrollment forms, accountability logs, case report forms, and source documents specific to each project and house biorepository• Review, synthesize, and de-identify patient data from electronic medical records to extract information relevant to the needs of the sponsor. • Written, reviewed, and implemented Standard Operating Procedures for data broker practices and project specific protocols• Perform moderately complex diagnostic testing for microbial identification Show less

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  The University of Illinois Cancer Center

  Jun 2017 - now

  • Coordinate clinical trial financial start-up activities for a complex portfolio of clinical trials, within the Clinical Trials Office, using knowledge of fiscal budgeting and clinical trial management rules and regulations, technical expertise, and analytical skills.• Analyze clinical trial protocols to create and negotiate budgets with clinical trial sponsors. • Analyze financial data to formulate conclusions.• Develop and process appropriate budget related materials through the university systems and external funding agencies including, but not limited to: Medicare Coverage Analysis, Proposal Approval Forms, and Anticipation Accounts. • Develop and review documentation for institutional approval of projects, clinical staff project commitment, and supply and expense needs to open and/or continue participation in clinical research projects.• Review budgets for consistency and monitor compliance with the sponsor, university, and third party regulations and policies. • Advise principal investigators and coordinators on fiscal feasibility of clinical trials, financial requirements in preparing proposal submissions, and on budget adjustments and revisions, as necessary. • Collaborate with principal investigators, clinical research coordinators, hospital financial personnel, and coverage analysts. Show less • Supervise the Data Coordinator team- managing employee workload, provide training, run team meetings and employee reviews• Initiate process improvement- implemented new inventory tracking system to maintain study supplies, created an acuity assessment system used to calculate and manage individual and team workload • Review of potential therapeutic and non-therapeutic studies for feasibility within the institution, providing input on sample processing, shipping, and data entry tasks. • Manage data collection from patient Electronic Medical Records to compose patient charts and complete data entry for as many as 55 studies, covering 5 disease sites, ranging from phase 1 to phase 3• Assist in the development of investigator initiated trials by creating the electronic case report forms used for data capture in OnCore• Communicate with sponsor groups and monitors to provide data, source documentation and query resolution in a variety of Electronic Data Capture systems Show less • Data collection from Electronic Medical Records to compose patient charts storing vital study specific information. • Use of multiple Electronic Data Capture programs to upload sample information and source data, ability to work with company representatives to efficiently resolve queries. • Monitoring of patient disease progression and adverse events, with timely reporting to sponsor. • Analysis of potential therapeutic and non-therapeutic studies for feasibility within the institution.• Processing and shipping of biohazardous materials per IATA standards. • Implemented a new inventory tracking system to maintain study kits. Show less

  • Business Administrative Associate

    Apr 2023 - now

  • Senior Clinical Data Coordinator

    Jul 2019 - Apr 2023

  • Clinical Data Coordinator

    Jun 2017 - Jul 2019