The EBMT would like to welcome 3 new members of staff,
who will have a key role to play in the development
of Clinical Trials and the EBMT Registry. The personal
profile below gives an overview of backgrounds and new
roles within the EBMT. For individual contact details
please click here:
Zoë Dolan
Director of Clinical Trials Operations
z.doran@ucl.ac.uk
The EBMT would like to announce the appointment
of Zoë Doran as Director, Clinical Trials Operations,
effective 1st January 2006. This post has been created
to provide expertise and direction to aid the Board
in the further development of the infrastructure supporting
clinical trials.
Zoë has extensive experience in the management
of clinical trials, both in an academic setting and
the pharmaceutical industry. She commenced her research
career in the ICRF unit at Guy's Hospital, London, as
a clinical nurse specialist, combining her clinical
responsibilities with research nursing and data management.
Subsequently she was appointed Research Manager for
the Breast Cancer Unit.
Recruited into the Pharmaceutical Industry,
Zoë spent 4 years with Schering-Plough UK in the Oncology/Virology
division where her role included supporting/managing
the Investigator Initiated Study programme. Moving to
their International Headquarters in the US she gained
further research experience writing protocols and setting
up multi-national studies in haematological oncology,
solid tumours and virology.
In 1997 she joined the Kaplan Comprehensive
Cancer Centre in New York City as an Assistant Director.
Her primary responsibility was operational direction
of the clinical trials programme of over 150 Phase I
- Phase III trials, including protocol development,
liaison/negotiation with the Pharmaceutical Industry,
FDA and NCI, grant writing and management of all clinical
trials staff.
Prior to returning the UK to take up this
position, Zoë spend the last 5 years in Ireland working
on a number of projects, including facilitating the
development of the infrastructure for clinical trials
and the strategic development of Regional Oncology Services
in the South Dublin area. She also served on the expert
panel convened by the Health Research Board to advise
the Department of Health & Children on the Irish interpretation
and implementation of the EU Directive on Clinical Trials.
Sunil de Souza
EBMT Database Manager/Designer
s.souza@ucl.ac.uk
Sunil de Souza, from Goa, India has worked
on IT projects in India, Kuwait, UK, Mozambique. He
most recently worked on an IMF co-ordinated project,
designing a Tax collection and reconciliation system
for the Government of Mozambique. He is an Oracle certified
Database Administrator.
He will be reporting directly to Ms. Carmen
Ruiz. His role within the EBMT is that of Database Manager/Designer
and his key responsibilities will be: