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From Concept to Care

The University of Florida Health Cancer Center (UFHCC) Project Management Office (PMO) provides a variety of services to support and promote successful Investigator Initiated Trials (IITs) for UFHCC members, from concept development to final result dissemination. By providing these services, PMO plays a critical role in the startup and execution of IITs.

Mission Statement

The UF Health Cancer Center Project Management Office’s mission is to facilitate the conception, initiation, and completion of high-quality investigator-initiated research by providing comprehensive management services, promoting positive collaborative partnerships, and supporting quality data collection and effective dissemination of results.

Program Aims

The PMO team is committed to engaging with investigators in order to support the ultimate mission of the UF Health Cancer Center via:

Aiding in development of innovative concepts
Increasing efficiency of research projects
Providing administrative support from project development through publication

Process

At the first inception of a cancer-related concept (which may range from a few sentences to a protocol draft), the startup process consists of:

Step 1: Completing the IIT Project Management Services Request form.
Step 2: PMO assisting through Investigator-Initiated Trial Concept Development Group (CDG) pre-review (statistical, scientific, feasibility and budget reviews).
Step 3: Having a completed fully endorsed SRMC Pre-Review Approval Form

This review is mandatory for any cancer-relevant IITs categorized as “interventional treatment” or otherwise involving investigational drugs, devices, or medical procedures planning to utilize UFHCC Clinical Research Office (CRO) resources consisting of:

Clinical Trial Management
Clinical Research Coordination
Data Entry Support
Regulatory Management
Financial or other in-kind support

Concepts not meeting these specifications may still request this service as a means to improve the feasibility, statistical, and scientific merit of the concept up-front, thereby potentially decreasing investigator effort in developing the protocol, as well as SRMC and IRB review timelines.

Once a concept has completed this pre-review process, PMO may further support the project through help with:

Applications for funding
Protocol authoring and revising
FDA IND/IDE planning
Tracking submissions and approvals through SRMC and IRB
eCRF creation (in REDCap)
Data management and exports
Accrual monitoring
Document version control
Activating external sites
Leading study team meetings
Attending internal regulatory oversight reviews
And a variety of other protocol management or consultation services upon request

Our Team

Leadership

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND NETWORK OPERATIONS

Erin Monari, Ph.D., CCRP

clh1230@ufl.edu

Manager, PROJECT MANAGEMENT OFFICE

Shannon Alford, MPH, CCRP

salford@ufl.edu

Research Project Managers

IIT PROJECT MANAGER and clinical data analyst

Alexandra Mueller, M.S.

agmueller@ufl.edu

IIT PROJEct manager

Abigail Masterson, M.S.

amasterson@ufl.edu

Contact

The Project Management Office can be contacted via pmo@cancer.ufl.edu or via our PMO Manager, Shannon Alford, MPH, CCRP at 352.294.8146 or salford@ufl.edu.