Clinical Research Associate (CRA) Subcommittee

Purpose
This subcommittee is an advisory/working subcommittee to help facilitate the goals of the PSC. Examples of activities the subcommittee work on:

  • Reviews selective active protocols from a data management perspective. 
  • Identify any relevant data management issues that impact protocol accruals related to protocol comprehension by institutions. 
  • Identify protocol related issues from a CRA perspective that impact protocol accruals and patient compliance on protocols (including but not limited to toxicity reporting, QOL compliance, case report form discrepancies, data collection, and specimen collection.) 
  • Provide mentorship to members. 
  • Opportunity to serve as an NRG Oncology disease site or committee PSC liaison. 
  • Assist in identifying educational opportunities for meetings or newsletter articles by collaborating with Education & Training Subcommittee and Quality Control & Communication Subcommittee. 
  • Members will be expected to lead/co-lead educational and/or discussion/breakout sessions at NRG Oncology meetings as requested. 
  • Assist in the development of educational tools for NRG Oncology/CLASS.

 

Scientific Program

Clinical Research Associate (CRA) Subcommittee Leadership

Chair

Alex Kudryashev, MS, CCRP

Vice Chair

Marissa Weiss, MBA
Committee Members
  • Wendy Beers
  • Donna Angel Carico
  • Tiffany Elsea
  • Erin Fukaya
  • Rachel Lacy
  • Sarah Lewis
  • Mitsuko Mouri
  • Sarah Mulhern
  • Elena Nelson
  • Lauren Patrick
  • Angela Pier
  • Carolina Rojas
  • Maggie So
  • Laura Sorci
  • Samantha Wong
Membership Terms
For more information about the activities of the Protocol Support Committee, visit the Clinical Trial Resources section or contact NRG-PSC@nrgoncology.org

NRG Oncology Meeting Resources
For NRG 2025 Winter Meeting resources, please click here (login required).
For PSC presentations from past NRG Oncology Meetings, click here (login required).

PSC Columns in the NRG Newsletters
Look for the PSC Column in the NRG Newsletter each month! We include several articles regarding topics of interest or current PSC updates.

Mentorship Program 
Information about the PSC Mentorship program can be found by visiting the Clinical Trials - Introductory Materials section.
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