Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Additional Information
Certification
Accomplishments
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Arjun Sridharan

Associate Director, Clinical Data Standards & EDC Management
A110, Hallmark Tranquil Quli Qutub Shahi layout, Narsingi Puppalaguda Main Road Hyderabad

Summary

Dynamic and result oriented Leader with close to 15 years of experience in clinical database management with wide expertise ranging from interpretation of Clinical Study Protocol (CSP) till submission of clinical study data to sponsors.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Certifications

Work History

Associate Director, EDC Management & Standards

Bristol Meyers Squibb
01.2024 - Current

· Handling a team of clinical data standards/global librarians and providing functional leadership in planning, development, and implementation of Industry (CDISC and regulatory) compliant clinical data standards from EDC to SDTM

· Providing strategic leadership in creating various MDR (Metadata repository) applications to manage and govern end to end clinical data standards. These applications automate CDASH to SDTM dataset creation and enhance consistency across projects.

· Hiring new clinical data standards associates, trainings/mentoring and SME support in their required therapeutic areas.

· Providing tactical direction in development of new tool/technology for development and maintenance of clinical data standards.

· Leading and implementing the below clinical data standards projects:

An application which consolidates various CDISC (CDASH, SDTM, ADaM, DEFINE, PROTOCOL, GLOSSARY) control terminologies published by NCI through an automated process. This application also collects sponsor specific code list and serves as a reference for all clinical trials.

Contribute and propose sponsor specific code list values to CDISC

(TEST/TESTCD/METHOD/SPECIMEN/UNITS/CONVERSION) for all applicable finding domains.

First line of governance for study teams for potential new collection standards and analyzing requirement from data collection till SDTM/ADaM/TLF.

Drive innovation and continuous improvement across clinical data standards.

eCRF/DTS Content development using CDISC elements, control terminologies (CDASH/SDTM)

Design of eCRF/DTS through Medidata Rave (Medidata Certified) platform by using CDASH standards.

Usage of SDTM implementation guide and therapeutic area user guides (TAUG)

Expert in creation of CDASH global libraries using Medidata Rave EDC for safety and therapeutic area standards.

Vast experience using lab administration, architect, global library modules within Rave classic and Rave EDC application.

Specialist in processing lab data collection, implementation of lab parameters, units, unit conversion and implementation of LOINC codes.

Validate SDTM datasets using PINNACLE21 checks.

Associate Director @IQVIA

IQVIA
6 2022 - 12.2023

Sr. Principal Clinical Data Standards @Novartis

Novartis Healthcare Private Limited
04.2021 - 05.2022

Principal Clinical Data Standards @Novartis

Novartis Healthcare Private Limited
04.2019 - 03.2021

Sr. Database Analyst - I @Novartis

Novartis Healthcare Private Limited
01.2017 - 03.2019

Analyst, CDP @ Quintiles (Now IQVIA)

Quintiles Technology Pvt Limited
10.2013 - 12.2016

System Engineer, Database Development @TCS

Tata Consultancy Services
11.2011 - 10.2013

Junior Data Analyst (Lead Data Manager) @ CTS

Cognizant Technology Solutions
02.2010 - 10.2011

Education

Post Graduate Diploma in Pharmaceutical Analysis - Pharmaceutical Analysis

KingstonUniversity
London
10.2008 - 10.2009

Bachelors in Pharmacy -

MGR Medical University
10.2002 - 08.2007

Skills

    Medidata RAVE

    CDISC (SDTM)

    CDISC (CDASH)

    Metadata Management Systems

    Content Development

    People Management

    Data Management

    Project Management

    R Software

    Python

    Tableau

    Oracle Clinical

    SAS

Additional Information

I hold a Permanent Resident Legal Status in Canada which allows me to live and work without any sponsorship.

Certification

Medidata RAVE Certified Study Builder @ MDSO3240731

Accomplishments

  • SYSTEMS : Medidata Rave (Medidata certified), Oracle Clinical, MetadataRepository - One Data.
  • CLINICAL STANDARDS : Clinical Data Interchange Standard Consortium(CDISC) standards with extensive experience in Study Data Tabulation Model(SDTM) and Clinical Data Acquisition Standards Harmonization (CDASH).
  • CLINICAL DATA MANAGEMENT: Clinical study start up, study conduct and study close out with specialized knowledge in creation of Case Report Form(eCRF)/Data Transfer specification (DTS), validation specification, clinical review, query management and vendor management.
  • PROJECT MANAGEMENT: Lead Data Manager (LDM) skilled in keeping timeliness, risk management and delivering overall project deliverables.

Timeline

Associate Director, EDC Management & Standards

Bristol Meyers Squibb
01.2024 - Current

Sr. Principal Clinical Data Standards @Novartis

Novartis Healthcare Private Limited
04.2021 - 05.2022

Principal Clinical Data Standards @Novartis

Novartis Healthcare Private Limited
04.2019 - 03.2021

Sr. Database Analyst - I @Novartis

Novartis Healthcare Private Limited
01.2017 - 03.2019

Medidata RAVE Certified Study Builder @ MDSO3240731

10-2014

Certified by BARNETT INTERNATIONAL 2014 - Good Clinical Practice for Clinical Trials

04-2014

Analyst, CDP @ Quintiles (Now IQVIA)

Quintiles Technology Pvt Limited
10.2013 - 12.2016

System Engineer, Database Development @TCS

Tata Consultancy Services
11.2011 - 10.2013

Junior Data Analyst (Lead Data Manager) @ CTS

Cognizant Technology Solutions
02.2010 - 10.2011

Post Graduate Diploma in Pharmaceutical Analysis - Pharmaceutical Analysis

KingstonUniversity
10.2008 - 10.2009

Bachelors in Pharmacy -

MGR Medical University
10.2002 - 08.2007

Associate Director @IQVIA

IQVIA
6 2022 - 12.2023
Arjun SridharanAssociate Director, Clinical Data Standards & EDC Management