Kate Vulakovich is Director of Operations at AAHRPP. Ms. Vulakovich oversees accreditation operations, and provides process support for organizations, site visitors, and members of the Council on Accreditation. Prior to joining AAHRPP in 2017, Kate spent over a decade in academia in research administration where she conducted and provided research support for researchers conducting high risk clinical trials in the perioperative setting. She eventually managed and directed a large clinical trials program that spanned several academic departments with a large portfolio of sponsored research projects under a variety of funding mechanisms. She was also significantly involved with several quality assurance projects, which led to education, training, and monitoring of her staff and hospital clinical staff.
It was through her work with research subjects that Kate came to appreciate the value of AAHRPP accreditation on human research protection programs. She holds a Bachelor of Science and is certified by the Society of Clinical Research Associates (SOCRA) as a certified clinical research professional. Ms. Vulakovich has co-authored and published several articles in peer reviewed journals.
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