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Jessica Coutu is responsible for the preparation, review and negotiation of contracts with sponsors, investigative sites, consultants and vendors. She is also responsible for the preparation of responses to sponsor requests for proposals and the financial account management of all awarded studies. Jessica has more than 20 years of experience with proposal preparation and review, contract negotiation, budget development, monitoring and management. Prior to joining Integrium, Jessica was the Director of Contracts and Proposals for two other leading CROs. Before that experience, she was the Associate Director of Grants and Contracts for the Saint Barnabas Health Care System and previous to that was also a position as the Director of Research Development for the Children’s Hospital of New Jersey at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center. In these positions, she managed all clinical trial and basic research activities and was a member of the Institutional Review Board. She has extensive clinical and basic research experience from both private industry and academic institutions, and has additionally presented and published her research. Jessica earned her B.A. in Biology from the University of Rhode Island at Kingston. | 