Meet Our Team

Kristen Boylen

Education:

Blessing Hospital School of Radiology: Radiologic Technology, ARRT

John Wood Community College: Applied Science, AAS

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About:

Kristen is a Clinical Project Manager 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.

Positions and Honors:

Proxima Clinical Research, Inc., Houston, Texas
Clinical Project Manager

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

Contributions to Science:

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)

Additional Information:

OriginallY From:

Central Illinois

Fun Fact:

Kristen is an adventurist at heart and has always wanted to go skydiving ever since she was a child because her local airport used to put on a skydiving convention every year.