Manager Study Outsourcing
Ashraf is Manager Study Outsourcing and joined PMI in 2010 as Manager, Proteomics. He holds a PhD in Biochemistry from Duquesne University and a BSc in Chemistry from the American University in Cairo.
Ashraf’s current role involves contract/agreement execution with external suppliers, collaboration with internal and external stakeholders on budget and contracts, vendor management, and budget management for all the clinical studies and projects within clinical research. Prior to this, he was Manager Translational Research, and worked on bridging nonclinical and clinical data in studies relating to biomarkers of potential harm.
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