Eric Hicks

About Eric Hicks

Lead Data Manager (LDM) with extensive experience across all phases of clinical trials working for Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology, Medical Device, and Contract Research Organization (CRO) companies. Current focus on the intricacies of remote-based global data management operations.

Experience

1. Senior Clinical Data Scientist

   Syneos Health

   May 2023 — Present · Remote, US

   Responsible for the end-to-end coordination of cross functional data collection and cleaning activities to ensure clinical study data deliverables are fit for purpose and align with the executed contract and sponsor expectations and timelines- Serves as Functional Lead for Clinical Data Science including primary contact for internal liaison between Clinical Data Science and Project Management, Clinical Monitoring, and other functional groups - Acts as central steward of clinical data quality, monitors risks through the holistic review of clinical and operational data, using high level knowledge of the protocol, taking into account the specific therapeutic area aspects of the protocol related to the data collected and aligning with cross functional operational plans to drive comprehensive clinical data quality - Ensures the required data elements and corresponding data quality oversight steps are identified to support the defined study analysis - Works with assigned project teams to communicate, address, troubleshoot and resolve data related questions and recommends potential solutions; escalates issues which potentially impact patient safety and study analysis - Coordinates cross functional data cleaning activities to ensure quality standards and timelines are met for clinical data deliverables - Ensures the required data elements and corresponding data quality oversight steps are identified to support the defined project analysis - Drives the development of the clinical data acquisition plan and corresponding data flow diagram with the study team, assess risks associated with protocol design, study set parameters that could impact the credibility and reliability of the trial results, aligns data flow with the study protocol to ensure data collected meets regulatory and study endpoint requirements- Drives the development of analytical tools, utilizes analytical platform/dashboard to detect potentially unreliable data that may impact the validity of the trial

Education

• California State University, Fullerton

  Master of Public Health (MPH), Public Health

  2011 — 2013

• Hartford International

  Master of Arts in Chaplaincy

• West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  B.S., Chemistry-Biology

  1978 — 1982