Kristen is a Clinical Project Director at Proxima Clinical Research, a contract research organization that serves the emerging drug and medical device industries.
Over her career, Kristen has served the medical community in a variety of roles. She started her career in the hospital setting within radiology as a CT and MRI technologist involved in routine imaging, interventional procedures and trauma. She then moved into the clinical research industry and has managed projects at a CRO, central laboratory and home trial service company. She has had the opportunity to work in a variety of indications and phases within device and drug.
Kristen received an Associates in Applied Science after becoming a Registered Radiologic Technologist. She then went on to obtain registered certifications in Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
Blessing Hospital School of Radiology: Radiologic Technology, ARRT
John Wood Community College: Applied Science, AAS
Proxima Clinical Research, Inc., Houston, Texas
Clinical Project Director
Firma Clinical Research, Chicago, Illinois
Project Manager
Covance Central Laboratory/LabCorp, Indianapolis, Indiana
Sr. Global Study Manager
Prairie Education & Research Cooperative, Springfield, Illinois
Clinical Project Manager/In-house Clinical Research Associate
Memorial Medical Center, Springfield, Illinois
CT/MRI Technologist
Ms. Boylen has played an important role in the development of the following medical products:
- Cardiovascular Diseases: Device – PAD (Phase III/IV), Hypertension (Phase I)
- Infectious Disease: HIV/AIDS; Hepatitis
- Endocrine System Diseases: Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 (Phase II)
- Nervous System: Friedreich Ataxia (Phase I), ALS (Phase II/III)
- Hemic and Lymphatic Diseases: Hemophilia A (Phase II), Hemoglobinuria, Paroxysmal (Phase II)
- Respiratory Tract Diseases: Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (Phase I)
- Musculoskeletal Diseases: Rheumatoid Arthritis (Phase III)
- Neoplasms: Breast Neoplasms (Phase I), Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma (Phase I), Lymphoma B-Cell (Phase I), Lymphoma, T-Cell (Phase III), Hodgkin Disease (Phase II), Advanced Solid Tumors (Phase I)
- Neurological: Parkinsons’s Disease (Phase III/III OLE), Focal Onset Seizures (Phase II)