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103 E. 23rd Street, Panama City, FL 32405
Tel: +1 850-250-0194
Meet The Team
Founder & CEO/Principal Investigator (OBGYN)
Samuel Wolf, D.O.
Dr. Wolf founded Emerald Coast Clinical Research in 2018, and is passionate about advancing women's health and strives to provide the absolute best patient care as possible, while maintaining clinical research excellence for each of our studies.
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Research Experience: 7+ years (since 2016)​​
Clinical Research Lead
Lauren Green, CCRC, CRQM
Lauren is usually the first contact for each enrolled subject. She oversees each study visit and assists the PI to ensure that ICH GCP guidelines are upheld throughout the course of our studies. She manages many aspects of the clinical research studies that we are responsible for, from study start-up to closeout.
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Research Experience: 8+ years (since 2016)
Administrative Lead & Primary Unblinded Coordinator
Beth Childree
Beth is an integral part of our team; she manages all aspects of the CTA with Sponsors/CROs, diligently performs AR, implemented our CTMS and is our dedicated primary unblinded coordinator.
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Research Experience: 13+ years (since 2009)​​
Clinical Research Coordinator/Research Nurse
Cathy Akerson, RN, BSN
Cathy loves working with patients, and is a true advocate for each of them. She conducts each study visit with an eye for detail and strives to provide the best care possible. She is a great QA/QC specialist and helps us maintain quality data collection.
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Research Experience: 9+ years (since 2009)
Clinical Research Coordinator
Sharon Exline, CPT
Sharon is the newest addition to our team, and has quickly proven to be an extremely valuable team member. She adapts quickly to new studies and has a strong clinical and regulatory background.
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Research Experience: 6+ years (since 2016)
Clinical Research Assistant/Future LPN
Kerrington Plummer, MA
Kerrington began her clinical research journey with us in 2023, and has been a true asset to the team. She has reduced the clinical and administrative burden for her fellow CRCs and has maintained quality data collection under their supervision. She is currently in LPN school, and plans to return to us with her CRC title soon!
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Research Experience: 1+ years (since 2023)
Pharmacist
Claire Fraser, PharmD
Claire is a practicing Pharmacist, and has been wonderful at assisting us in the research department with her busy schedule. She fascinated about the world of research, and is a wonderful sounding board for new and ongoing studies and is always ready to jump in and help the team in any way she can.
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Research Experience: 1+ years (since 2023)​
Phlebotomist
Rebecca Preble, CPT
Becky has been a dedicated phlebotomist and laboratory manager since 2014. In addition to being excellent at patient draws from infants to the elderly, she diligently upholds OSHA guidelines and ensures patient safety with every encounter. She is always ready to assist the team with blood draw studies or difficult draws during regular study visits.
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Research Experience: Since June 2024
Recruitment
Kaleigh Clemons
When is comes to subject recruitment from our partnered women's health clinic, Kaleigh has been an integral part of enrollment success. She is typically a patient's first contact when receiving results from clinical procedures or laboratory testing. When study needs are aligned, Kaleigh is trained and ready to discuss available study opportunities with prospective subjects,.
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Research Experience: 4+ years (since 2020)
Unblinded Coordinator
Genie Strassner, LPN
Genie is one of the partner clinic's most senior nurses, and is one of our dedicated unblinded IP administrators. She has worked with us in research since 2023.
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Unblinded Coordinator
Erica Harper, MA
Erica is one of the partner clinic's most senior nurses, and has worked alongside Dr. Wolf for 20 years. She is one of our dedicated unblinded IP administrators. She has worked with us in research since 2023.
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