Patrick Boland

Experience

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  Barnes-Jewish Hospital

  Sept 2013 - May 2019

  Music Therapist

  • Initial intake assessment of client strengths and weaknesses, assessment of symptoms, and the establishment of treatment goals.• Implement group and individual therapeutic interventions in an acute inpatient psychiatric unit for clients with varying psychiatric diagnoses and co-occurring disorders. Therapeutic interventions include music therapy, arts and creative expression, DBT core skills, and CBT exercises.• Member of a multidisciplinary treatment team responsible for formulating individualized treatment plans, implementing therapeutic interventions, and documenting client response and progress toward program goals.• Assisted with developing program schedules, leisure activities, and holiday programming.• Responsible for the ordering of department materials.• Responsible for the guidance of music therapy students and assistance in the development of professional skills, such as the formulation and implementation of therapeutic interventions, client assessment, and evaluation, observation of behavior, and ethical conduct in line with the professional code of ethics in preparation for work as a functioning music therapist. Show less

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  Washington University in St. Louis

  Jun 2019 - Jun 2023

  Supervises the Thoracic Clinical Research Program at Siteman Cancer Center, designated by the NCI as a Comprehensive Cancer Center. Since 2016, the program has successfully participated in over 100 interventional clinical trials for patients with small-cell and non-small-cell lung cancer.• Monitors daily operations, tasks, and workloads of all thoracic clinical research coordinators to demonstrate progress and ensure timely completion of work—steps in to help if needed to meet a deadline.• Supports full scope of study conduct and clinical operations in collaboration with Associate Director to ensure the trials are implemented and conducted according to the Code of Federal Regulations, Good Clinical Practices, ICH Guidelines, local regulatory requirements, and WU SOPs.• Responsible for interviewing, hiring, evaluating, and disciplining clinical research data staff, with four current direct reports.• Hold regular meetings with the research team members to promote good working relationships and identify areas needing process improvement.• Meets with the clinical research finance team to ensure the financial success of the thoracic trial program by controlling costs. Works alongside Associate Director to distribute merit raises.• Participates in working groups with clinical and research staff regarding issues with clinic flow. Implements solutions identified from the working group with the thoracic research team to ensure smooth clinic operations.• Participates in regular University training and seminars to further professional development, build leadership skills and maintain compliance with all clinical and University requirements.• Tracks team performance by various metrics, using data to determine decision-making.• Strives to maintain a mutually respectful work environment where people do not hesitate to bring up concerns or new ideas. Show less Responsible for executing and monitoring complex early-phase interventional clinical trials for cancer patients receiving care at Siteman Cancer Center’s outpatient clinics. Coordinates time-sensitive research procedures and exams to avoid disturbing clinic flow and lessening the burden on the patient if possible.• Ensures compliance with protocol guidelines and requirements of regulatory agencies by working with the thoracic clinic team and other hospital departments to coordinate tests/procedures needed to perform research protocols.• Identifies problems and inconsistencies and monitors participants’ progress to include documentation and reporting of adverse events.• Resolved IRB/protocol management issues and recommended corrective action as appropriate.• Served as liaison with funding or sponsoring agency.• Obtains data, informed consent, and source documents per ICH-GCP guidelines. Ensures complete documentation of all study activity by ALCOA (Attributable, Legible, Contemporaneous, Original, and Accurate) documentation principles.• Responsible for maintaining readiness for surprise FDA inspection.• Assist in preparation for study audits by pharmaceutical sponsors, government officials, University officials, and cooperative research groups. Show less • Responsible for timely and accurate reporting of all study data following specific protocol guidelines and managing various electronic data capture systems (OnCore, Medidata Rave, Rave X, Datalabs, TAO, Marvin, Medrio, Inform, Veeva Vault, REDCap, Bioclinica, etc.).• Member of a multidisciplinary team ensuring that all study-related tests and procedures are completed following protocol guidelines.• Verify and confirm that the informed consenting process is accurate and up-to-date.• Correspondence with study monitors and assistance during on-site monitoring visits to ensure compliance with the study protocol.• Prepare and submit data safety monitoring reports and materials for QASMC Audits.• Organize and maintain all study-specific documentation and work closely with PIs and treating physicians to clarify data queries and document appropriately. Show less

  • Clinical Research Supervisor

    Jan 2022 - Jun 2023

  • Clinical Research Data Coordinator II

    May 2021 - Jan 2022

  • Clinical Research Data Coordinator I

    Jun 2019 - May 2021
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  AbbVie

  Jun 2023 - now

  Clinical Research Associate