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Clinical Study Assignment: You will join a clinical study team and build experience as a medical leader in clinical development which could be in Early Clinical Development, Late Clinical Development, or one year in each. You will participate in weekly clinical and scientific meetings related to your clinical study, complete AstraZeneca training programs and participate in internal and external scientific meetings. You will work in a cross functional environment, contributing to and supporting Department/Clinical initiatives to improve the quality and content of all clinical programs as well as the cross functional/organization processes designed to effectively deliver our R&D portfolio.
Specific duties and major responsibilities for the longitudinal medical project may include any of the following:
• Serving as medical director with primary responsibility for patient safety and conduct of assigned trials as well as overall data interpretation and safety surveillance
• Establishing and approving scientific methods for design and implementation of applicable clinical protocols, data collection systems, and final reports
• Assisting in design of clinical development plans and overall strategy for compounds, therapeutic classes of compounds or indications in light of developments in the area of clinical and pharmaceutical oncology
• Collaborating with pre-clinical and translational sciences, and senior management in assessing requirements for emerging products
• Participating in the selection and management activities of CROs
• Supervising project team members in planning, conducting and evaluating clinical trials
• Planning and managing investigator meetings, advisory boards and other scientific committees
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Rotational program: During the course of your program, you will be involved in 3-6 month long rotations across various groups to gain a better understanding of the cross-functional departments. This could include:
• Translational medicine or precision medicine
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Longitudinal Research Project: You will have opportunity to lead an innovative research project of your choosing for the duration of the 2-year program, which may be an area of special interest to you and AstraZeneca, or alternatively focus on one or more of the rotational functions. You will be able to harness rich internal datasets and expertise, aiming to deliver a research project at the end of the Program which will be presented to key internal stakeholders, at a key scientific meeting and published in a peer-reviewed journal.