ACR Image Metrix names Kachanova as clinical project manager

ACR Image Metrix, an imaging contract research organization (CRO) for clinical trial design, techniques and data extraction, has added Elena Kachanova, RN, as a clinical project manager.

Kachanova has more than nine years of experience in diverse clinical trial performance, including clinical study management, clinical data management and line management, according to ACR Image Metrix. Her focus has been in therapeutics in clinical drug development from first-in-man studies to late phase trials in cardiovascular, neuroscience, infectious disease, oncology and transplant studies.

In her new role, Kachanova will be responsible for ensuring the completion and execution of project objectives and work plans to address client priorities, Philadelphia-based ACR Image Metrix said. She will collect information on team performance against contracted customer expectations and project baselines and develop and oversee maintenance of internal databases and overall project plans.

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