ELSA GRACE JOHN
Patient safety data manger
Summary
PROFILE SUMMARY
Adverse Event Reporting and Medical Device Reporting (MDR): Experienced in reporting and managing adverse events to regulatory authorities like the FDA, MHRA, and other country regulatory authorities; Skilled in utilizing several safety databases such as Medidata Rave, Argus, Oracle AERS, Veeva Vault, and Oracle Clinical for data entry, tracking, and compliance within clinical safety environments.
Adverse Event Reconciliation and CAPA: Experienced in managing, amending, and contributing to essential clinical documents such as protocols, informed consent forms, adverse event forms, and annual reports adhering to ICH, FDA, and GCP guidelines to ensure that all processes meet the stringent standards necessary for clinical trials and post-marketing surveillance; Knowledgeable in preparing for audits and inspections and participating in FDA audits as a subject matter expert.
Clinical Trial and Vendor Management: Oversaw clinical trial operations and vendor activities, including site feasibility assessments, recruitment, site training, and managing external vendors and CROs; Ability to triage, query, and organize clinical data for submissions, ensuring the accuracy and integrity of clinical trials and studies.
MedDRA and Who Drug Coding: Skilled in manual and dictionary coding.
Experience
Safety Data Manager
Blue Wind Medical
● Supported site feasibility assessments, site training plan, recruitment, and enhancement of site management.
● Reported Adverse Events and/or other reportable event to regulatory authorities (UK-MHRA, Belgium, Netherlands, and US-FDA) within timelines.
● Managed the integrity and accuracy of scientific and medical data communicated both internally and externally for promotional and non-promotional purposes.
● Review and oversee the safety strategy for class ll wearable medical devices and Software including AI- enabled algorithms.
● Authored Safety SOPs and Safety Management plan for the team.
● Contributed to the development and amending of clinical documents such as protocols, informed consent forms, project plans, adverse event forms, study reports, and annual reports.
● Ensured the safety email was set up and maintained appropriately throughout the trial.
● Participated in the review and approval of monitoring visit reports of AE.
● Understood the need for and importance of being inspection-ready and diligently followed SOPs.
● Participated in EDC build of clinical trial study's safety and adjudication platform (Axiom and Imedi Data Rave).
● Participated in clinical database design User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
● Reviewed clinical monitoring reports to ensure timely completion and identification of issues.
safety data manager
Blue Wind Medicals / Remote-MA
- Supported site feasibility assessments, site training plan, recruitment, and enhancement of site management.
- Reported Adverse Events and/or other reportable event to regulatory authorities (UK-MHRA, Belgium, Netherlands, and US-FDA) within timelines.
- Managed the integrity and accuracy of scientific and medical data communicated both internally and externally for promotional and non-promotional purposes.
- Review and oversee the safety strategy for class ll wearable medical devices and Software including AI-enabled algorithms.
- Authored Safety SOPs and Safety Management plan for the team.
- Contributed to the development and amending of clinical documents such as protocols, informed consent forms, project plans, adverse event forms, study reports, and annual reports.
- Ensured the safety email was set up and maintained appropriately throughout the trial.
- Participated in the review and approval of monitoring visit reports of AE.
- Understood the need for and importance of being inspection-ready and diligently followed SOPs.
- Participated in EDC build of clinical trial study’s safety and adjudication platform (Axiom and Imedi Data Rave).
- Participated in clinical database design User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
- Reviewed clinical monitoring reports to ensure timely completion and identification of issues.
Senior Safety Specialist
Quantum Leap Healthcare
Trial Name: I SPY COVID Trials
● Provided baseline resolution of SAE and AESI within EDC and Argus safety database.
● Oversaw vendor activities and escalated issues for resolution.
● Identified and assisted in the development, revision, and review of CAPA, WI, and SOP for Covid Clinical trial study.
● Provided strategic and scientific support to the clinical site team to ensure the successful execution of clinical trial monitoring and reporting.
● Assisted in training site CRA.
● Solved problems with a huddle in slack and communicate perceptions and understandings on Google workspace using Miro board for the team's visual coordination and Fishbone for causal analysis of a concern.
Drug Safety Specialist (Safety Lead and Adjudication Manager)
Healthcore
Managed study-related documents such as case report forms (eCRF), monitoring plans, informed consent, recruitment materials, and other study-related tools in EDC.
● Reviewed Dossier for a pragmatic clinical trial and acted as the sponsor's liaison to resolve site CRA-related issues quickly and effectively.
● Uploaded TMF to Veeva vault.
● Managed external vendors and CROs to ensure deliverables were completed on time and were consistent with the scope of work and GCP.
● Supported preparation for regulatory inspections and audits with an evaluation of current processes and assessed alignment with regulatory expectations, and Good Clinical Practice guidelines.
● Reconciled events for insured patients, correspondingly complying with HIPAA and other applicable regulatory guidelines.
● Coordinated with the trial site to determine if the reported complaint was associated with a malfunction, serious injury, or death and whether the complaint documentation was completed and accurate.
● Created WI for CRA for the Pfizer covid study to enter site visits, AE reports and study related vaccination details.
● Handled study-related documents such as case report forms (eCRF), monitoring plans, informed consents, recruitment materials, and upload TMF to Veeva Vault.
● Assisted in AE/SAE ICSR reconciliation and ensured reporting consistency in safety and EDC database.
● Led safety review meetings for the evaluation of clinical data to support signal detection.
● Authored safety management plan for the Pfizer covid study.
● Assisted in the EDC study build for Pfizer covid study as per sponsor protocol requirements.
● Liaised between CRA and sponsor during sponsor site audits.
● SME at the time of FDA audit for an IND project and NIH funded medical device study.
Drug Safety Specialist
Fresenius Medical Care Renal Therapies Group
● Performed quality-related activity for Field Alert Reports (FARs) assigned for FDA reporting.
● Served as a safety point of contact to other departments and FMCRTG, LLC licensing partners.
● Liable for overseeing all aspects of adverse event case processing and reporting to FDA for the assigned investigational and marketed products delegating tasks and responsibilities to the appropriate personnel.
● Acted as the liaison to external contract safety providers and company personnel to comply with safety reporting in conjunction with the GCP and ICH instructions.
● Collaborated with data management, clinical operations, regulatory affairs, CRA, quality, and medical affairs teams for good quality safety reporting to FDA.
● Reviewed and coded all medical terminologies in MedDRA dictionary to project-specific coding conventions, package insert, investigator brochure, and company core data sheet.
● Ensured overall compliance with ICH, EMEA, and FDA guidelines.
● Confirmed post-marketing adverse event reports were received, tracked, evaluated, processed/translated, and distributed in an efficient and timely manner and in compliance with FDA GCP regulations.
● Participated in FDA audits and inspections as a subject matter expert.
● Resolved vendor questions and escalates issues to the in-house PV Science Manager.
Drug Safety Associate (Dossier Manager)
Parexel International
Clients: Pfizer, Immunogen
● Prepared and tracked clinical event dossiers for submission to Clinical End Point Committee (CEC).
● Tracked adverse events reported in EDC (electronic data capture) system for dossier updates and initialized adjudication alerts.
● Communicated with investigative sites and CRAs to gather documents to support the adjudication process for submission to medical monitors.
● Triaged ICSR into safety database and tracking systems such as Argus and VCAS (virtual clinical adjudication system).
● Followed up with CRA for additional information as per FDA and GCP standards.
● Created and maintained project-specific working files, SOP, and case report files.
● Ensured quality of electronic documentation such as in 21 CFR part 11.
● Collected source documents for adjudicating such as data entry, query sites, document translations, and redact subject identifiers.
● Submitted the completed dossier for adjudication to the medical monitor by securing and obeying 45 CFR part
46 of the subject's source documents.
● Reviewed protocols, investigator brochures, and Case Report Forms (eCRF) to ensure FDA and GCP principles in safety reporting.
Drug Safety Specialist
Pharmaceutical Product Development
Clients: Pfizer, Biogen, Daiichi Sankyo (legal team), Regeneron
● Performed medical coding of reported adverse events and changed auto-coded terms to correctly coded terms.
● Extracted medical facts from plaintiff fact sheets, pharmacy records, and medical records to code the events and processing of legal cases.
● Triaged current incoming cases to meet timelines by performing quality reviews of spontaneous cases.
● Provided training and mentored the new hires on legal case processing.
● Conducted clinical reviews of all domestic and foreign adverse event reports for client-specific marketed products.
● Evaluated adverse events reports for signal detection and risk management and determined if new risks associated with a particular drug or if known risks with a drug were changed.
● Submitted periodically aggregate safety reports to the sponsor for an overview of the safety profile of the project-specific drug,
● Completed end-to-end process of ICSR.
Drug Safety Associate | Quintiles
Blue Wind MedicalHealthcoreQuantum Leap HealthcareFresenius Medical Care Renal Therapies GroupParexel InternationalPharmaceutical Product Development
Clients: Johnson & Johnson
● Performed medical coding using MedDRA and WHO drug/CDD for ICSR.
● Drafted individual case summary reports, wrote concise case-specific narratives per company and product conventions, and closed and deleted cases.
● Received and tracked information regarding potential adverse events submitted by reporters, consumers, healthcare professionals, co-manufacturers, call centers, medical information centers, and other company representatives accurately within defined reporting timelines.
● Assisted with preparation, and review of regulatory reports CAPA (corrective and preventative actions) by evaluating the data and identifying the risks.
● Trained in literature surveys, reviewing, assessing, and decision making for case reportability by looking for positive attribution in the literature article.
● Assisted in writing SOPs, work instructions, and templates for efficient and effective processing of ICSRs and aggregate reports.
● Audited preparation and safety data checks.
Education
Long Island University, NY
Master of Science / Medical Microbiology, Physiology, Chemistry
Long Island University
Master of Science in Medical Microbiology, Medical Microbiology
Master of Science in Medical Microbiology | Long Island University, New York | 2010
Punjab Technical University
Master of Science in Biotechnology, Biotechnology
Master of Science in Biotechnology | Punjab Technical University, India | 2007
Kannur University
Bachelor of Science in Microbiology, Microbiology
Bachelor of Science in Microbiology | Kannur University, India | 2003