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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was a lawyer turned SAHM and over several years and two degrees I transitioned into working in oncology clinical trials. The money is not great by DCUM standards but I LOVE it. I barely worked before I had kids and I was extremely daunted about restarting my career, but I did and and you can too! [/quote]

Curious- What’s was your role with these trials?[/quote]

I’m a Clinical Research Coordinator- so I screen patients, enroll them and manage their treatment, as well as reporting all the data to the study sponsor. [/quote]

Can I ask which degrees you have to get in order to apply for jobs like this? I have a degree in biology but it's been 5 years since I quit to stay home and I'd love to build a second career like this.[/quote]

I'm not the PP, but if you have a degree in biology, you're off to a good start. Look into getting SOCRA certifications. I lead recruiting for a government contractor and we might have some openings in May/June for a variety of coordinators from junior to senior level at NIH, if you are interested. I'm not sure if you need to have clinical trial experience to qualify to take the SOCRA certification exams or not. I tried to check but their website is having some issues.[/quote]

PP who asked the question here- thank you! I've never heard of SOCRA and the website seems to be down as you said so I can't check eligibility, but will definitely look into it later.[/quote]

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