Zhu joins ACR Image Metrix as clinical research exec

ACR Image Metrix, an imaging contract research organization, has added Yi Zhu to its clinical research staff as clinical research project manager.

Zhu will be responsible for developing and reviewing all clinical study documentation, as well as managing site selection and coordination, according to the association.

Previously, Zhu led global trial initiation with Sanofi Aventis, served as the clinical research project coordinator with the A.I. DuPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, Del., and was a clinical research associate with Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, ACR Image Metrix said.

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