Mrs. Acosta currently serves as the Director of Clinical Operations at Proxima Clinical Research, Inc.  Proxima is a contract research organization focusing on assisting emerging pharmaceutical and medical device companies in clinical product development. Prior to joining the Proxima team, Jerika served as the Senior Director of Clinical Operations for a CRO where she was tasked with developing the clinical operations infrastructure as well as heading the Project Management, Data Management, Biostatistics, Monitoring, and Project Support departments.

She has worked in CRO, pharma, and academic environments, including operational oversight of multi-therapeutic global programs leading to successful regulatory submissions and product launches for multiple leading organizations. Using her scientific training and industry knowledge to support various projects in clinical development, safety, medical writing, and regulatory, Jerika has designed, managed, and executed a large number of clinical trials worldwide.

Rutgers University: Pharmacy, B.S.

Proxima Clinical Research, Inc., Houston, Texas
Director of Clinical Operations

MEDIcept, Ashland, Massachusetts
Senior Director of Clinical Operations

ACMP, Acton, Massachusetts
Director of Clinical Operations

Parexel, Billerica, Massachusetts
Global Senior Project Leader

Celerion, Lincoln, Nebraska
Director of Clinical Operations

Parexel, Billerica, Massachusetts
Global Senior Project Leader

Mrs. Acosta has played an important role in the development of the following medical products:

1. Drug- Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)
2. Drug- Diabetes
3. Drug- FLT2-Positive Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)
4. Drug- Hepatitis
5. Drug- Hepatocellular Carcinoma
6. Drug- Hypertension
7. Drug- Lower Back Pain
8. Drug- Metastatic Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma
9. Drug- Neurological Trauma
10. Drug- Obesity
11. Drug- Osteoporosis
12. Drug- Pain (CII)
13. Drug- Pain Management
14. Drug- Pediatric Epilepsy
15. Drug- Psoriasis
16. Drug- Psoriasis (Biologics)
17. Drug- Rheumatoid Arthritis
18. Drug- Smoking Cessation (Adolescents)
19. Drug- Spinal Cord Injury
20. Drug- Submental Fat (Injections)
21. Medical Device- Antibiotic Cement-Coated Rods
22. Medical Device- COVID-19 IVD
23. Medical Device- COVID-19 POC
24. Medical Device- Electrophysiology
25. Medical Device- Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
26. Medical Device- Gynecological Cancers
27. Medical Device- Hand Dynamometer  
28. Medical Device- Hypervascular Tumors
29. Medical Device- Hypothermia in Chemo Patients
30. Medical Device- Insomnia
31. Medical Device- Odontoid Fractures
32. Medical Device- Pain Management
33. Medical Device- Sleep Apnea
34. Medical Device- Surgical Robot
35. Medical Device- Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

White Paper: Improving Issues in Spinal Cord Injury Trials NACTN (North American Clinical Trials Network) 2008