Today’s guest is Cameron Quilter, and Clinical Research Associate (CRA) at Novotech.

This episode is brought to you by SAPRO Consulting: https://www.saproconsulting.com.au/

In most Clinical Research Trials, there are three players:

1. The "Sponsor" - the entity that is funding the research and could be a pharmaceutical company, insitute or other non-profit entity;
2. The "Site" - hospital or private research clinical that is carrying out the research and administering the treatments and other procedures to the patients, and
3. The "Contract Research Organization", or CRO, which is delegated various responsibilities on behlaf of the sponsor.

The Clinical Research Associate, or CRA, is the workhorse of the Sponsor or CRO. CRAs work with staff at the "site" to ensure that the research is conducted according to local and international regulatory and Ethical requirements, and helping to ensure that safety, rights and well-being of research participants are the priority.

CRAs need to have keen attention to detail, a solid understanding of human biology and pharmaceutical science, and an ability to work well with all different personality types and manage the multitude of different "stakeholders". Oh, and being comfortable travelling to different cities every other day is a plus too!

Despite this, the hardest part about a CRA role? Can often be getting a role in the first place! Yet once one has their foot in the door, the CRA role provides a spring-board to take your Science Career in a multitude of different directions.

In this episode, Cameron and I discuss:

1. How to get land a Clinical Research Associate (CRA) job
2. The different careers paths that one can take after a CRA career
3. Some thoughts on the future of Clinical Research and biotechnology in New Zealand and Australia

You can find out more about Cameron and Novotech here:
LinkedIn - Cameron Quilter
LinkedIn - Novotech

Cameron Quilter | How to get a CRA job and how to make the most of it | Ep 24

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