The Clinical Research Center/Research Resources Office presented the Clinical Research Award for First Quarter 2020 to Farida Lalani, senior assistant manager, Research Resources Office.
This award was established by the Clinical Research Center in collaboration with the Research Resources Office to recognize and honor individual contributions to protecting the best interest of the research subjects and compliance with applicable rules and regulations.
Lalani joined the Research Resources Office with Baylor College of Medicine as a Sr. Research Coordinator in 2013. During this time, she has gained significant experience in pediatric clinical research as she worked with sponsors, CROs and expert physicians on clinical trials in several therapeutic areas such as peanut and milk allergies, rheumatoid arthritis, infectious diseases, surgical pain management, congenital cardiac defects, and diabetes, among many others. She moved into a management role in 2017 and currently oversees the research coordination team along with the RRO nurse manager.