Introducing the new Clinical Trials Management Team

Ryan Kelley BSN, RN, Assistant Patient Care Manager

Jasmine Hall BSN, RN, Assistant Patient Care Manager

Roxabeth Frausto BA, Research Associate 

Ryan Kelley BSN, RN, CNRN, PHN,  Assistant Patient Care Manager

Naturally, I felt at home on the Neurology, Stroke, and Epilepsy acuity-adaptable units (AAU), and was supported by my fantastic co-workers and management.  While advancing my professional development as a nurse, I had opportunities to lead Shared Leadership Council (SLC) Research and Innovation council as Chair-elect, support my unit as resource nurse and preceptor to new grads and progress my leadership education in the Sigma Theta Tau emerging leadership program.  After an introductory period with the Office of Research Patient Care Services helping with the increased demand of clinical trials due to COVID-19, I accepted the offer to join the Clinical Trials Management Team as their new Assistant Patient Care Manager.

QUESTION: What brought you into healthcare/medicine?

I’ve been drawn to healthcare and nursing with the desire to help people in their most challenging times.  I enjoy learning and engaging with scientific practice and nursing is a balance of science and healing.  Additionally, a nursing career provided a broad array of opportunity that would grow with me professionally.   

QUESTION: Describe your role and how you play into the recent expansion with the Clinical Trials Management and Program.

As an Assistant Patient Care Manager for the Clinical Trials Management Team, my role is to help facilitate clinical trials operated within Stanford Health Care.  Specifically, I help coordinate clinical trial education and resources to clinical nurses at the bedside.  My goal is to provide clinical nurses with the knowledge, communication and supplies to maintain clinical trial integrity.

QUESTION: We are all missing a time when travel was abundantly accessible. If you could go anywhere in the world, where would it be and why?

The destination isn’t as important to me as what we’re doing, but I’m imagining Indonesia, Hawaii, or Mexico.  My perfect day would be waking up at dawn with a warm offshore breeze grooming perfect 6-8 ft. barreling waves with only my closest friends and me, followed by picking fruit and flowers with my daughter to use for dinner.  The afternoon would be an amazing scuba dive with my wife with a whale shark sighting.  During the return boat ride, we would catch fresh fish to cook with the fruit we picked earlier.  Dinner at sunset and an early night. Rinse and Repeat.

Jasmine Hall BSN, RN, PCCN, Assistant Patient Care Manager

QUESTION: Describe your role and how you play into the recent expansion with the Clinical Trials Management and Program.

I will be one of the Assistant Patient Care Manager (APCM) for the Office of Research Patient Care Services. I will be working to help standardize and expedite the process between clinical trial teams and the Stanford Health Care (SHC) side, as well as being an advocate for the SHC team with what is needed for them to help facilitate the studies.

QUESTION: We are all missing a time when travel was abundantly accessible. If you could go anywhere in the world, where would it be and why?

If I could travel anywhere it would be Greece, it was a trip I had to cancel due to COVID-19.

Roxabeth Frausto BA, Nursing Research Associate

I joined Stanford University as a Social Science Research Coordinator for a Pediatrics/Disease Prevention team, performing community-based intervention trials for overweight children and their families. Upon completion, I joined the NIH-funded ‘All of Us Research Program at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF)  as a Clinical Research Coordinator. The focus of that study was a move towards precision medicine. All in all, my experiences in the field of research have been nothing but rewarding and the collaborations have been amazing. Most recently, I was fortunate to be a part of Stanford Health Care’s Covid-19 Pandemic Response, contributing and serving our very own providers that once assisted my nephew years ago.  I have worked my way up in the field of Clinical Trials and continue to learn each and every day. It is with great pride that I join the ORPCS family, with the goal of continuing to be valuable member in collaboration with my fellow colleagues. My experience also includes membership in various non-profit boards in the Bay Area supporting underrepresented minorities in higher education as well as support services for adult patients with breast cancer. The icing on the cake lies in my role as a Wish Grantor for the Make-A-Wish, Greater Bay Area Chapter, where I have proudly served for the past 11 years.

QUESTION: Can you tell us about your professional and educational background?

I possess a Bachelor of Arts from the University of California, Berkeley and grew up with Oakland Children’s Hospital in my backyard.  My career in the health field began wholeheartedly soon after the stage 4 diagnosis of my 4-year-old nephew. I left the corporate field transitioning into my role as Patient Advocate and Medical Interpreter. This role led me to learn of a nonprofit project where I became an assistant doula for Spanish speaking women with difficult pregnancies, some of which were stillborn, as I supported and interpreted for them during their hospital stay. At this point I knew I was living my passion of advocating for both patients and providers in the medical field. Later as a Medical Examiner, I was introduced to Clinical Trials for the first time. As the saying goes, the rest is history. I joined Stanford University as a Social Science Research Coordinator for a Pediatrics/Disease Prevention team, performing community-based intervention trials for overweight children and their families. Upon completion, I joined the NIH-funded ‘All of Us Research Program at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF)  as a Clinical Research Coordinator. The focus of that study was a move towards precision medicine. All in all, my experiences in the field of research have been nothing but rewarding and the collaborations have been amazing. Most recently, I was fortunate to be a part of Stanford Health Care’s Covid-19 Pandemic Response, contributing and serving our very own providers that once assisted my nephew years ago.  I have worked my way up in the field of Clinical Trials and continue to learn each and every day. It is with great pride that I join the ORPCS family, with the goal of continuing to be valuable member in collaboration with my fellow colleagues. My experience also includes membership in various non-profit boards in the Bay Area supporting underrepresented minorities in higher education as well as support services for adult patients with breast cancer. The icing on the cake lies in my role as a Wish Grantor for the Make-A-Wish, Greater Bay Area Chapter, where I have proudly served for the past 11 years.

QUESTION: What brought you into healthcare/medicine?

After experiencing first-hand the heart and dedication of the medical teams towards the baby in our family, research in oncology became my primary focus and passion in life. I am a firm believer and promoter of Clinical Trials and their positive effect on society. I have in turn become an advocate for medical research and am proud to be an active member of Stanford Health Care, a top research and educational institution.

QUESTION: Describe your role and how you play into the recent expansion with the Clinical Trials Management and Program.

In my role as a Research Associate, I am a liaison, supporter and connecter within the Clinical Trials Management and Program expansion, serving as support and contact for Stanford University Clinical Trials teams and ORPCS. Additionally, I am a hands-on patient-facing Research Associate for various projects. As one of the newest members of the ORPCS family, I look forward to continuing to foster the importance of research within our institution and to ensure our study teams feel supported and guided throughout our intake process. I am committed to following our Director’s lead in safeguarding the integrity and fidelity of our studies, assisting in their successful interaction with our nursing staff and patients, with the common goal of being better able to care for the communities we serve.

QUESTION: We are all missing a time when travel was abundantly accessible. If you could go anywhere in the world, where would it be and why?

If I could travel, it would be to hospitals world-wide in support and advocacy for Clinical Research. I would ideally focus on reaching those communities where the importance of the research is an unknown or not readily embraced.

Article By: Ryan Kelley, Jasmine Hall, Roxabeth Frausto