Olukayode David Garuba, MS, CCRP
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Positions
- Lead, Clinical Research
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Pediatrics
Cardiology
Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, TX USA
Addresses
- Texas Children's Hospital (West Tower) (Hospital)
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Pediatric Cardiology
CCRC
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: 18328265622
garuba@bcm.edu
Education
- MS from University of Ibadan
- 07/2007 - Ibadan, Oyo Nigeria
Certifications
- Certified Clinical Research Professional (CCRP)
- #47824 (09/01/2014 - 09/01/2015)
- Society for Clinical Research Associates
Professional Statement
Strongly motivated to work in clinical research coordination.Professional Development
- Pediatric Heart Network Conference
- Conference (Participant, 2013)
- Sponsor: Baylor College of Medicine
- Cardiology 2017 Conference
- Conference (Participant, 2017)
- Sponsor: Mezzion Pharma
Selected Publications
- Elijah Bolin, Carmen Watrin, Olukayode Garuba, Carolyn Altman, Nancy Ayres and Shaine Morris "Risk Factors for Postnatal Surgery in the Fetus With Borderline Small Left Heart." Circulation. 2013;128(A15552)
- Wayne J. Franklin; Anita Saraf; Leda Kloudas; Fred Rodriguez; Olukayode D. Garuba; Dhaval Parekh "SERUM BIOMARKERS IN ADULT CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE." J Am Coll Cardiol. 2012 Mar;59(doi:10.1016/S0735-1097)
- Leo Lopez,Steven Colan,Mario Stylianou,Suzanne Granger,Felicia Trachtenberg,Peter Frommelt,Gail Pearson,Joseph Camarda,James Cnota,Meryl Cohen,Andreea Dragulescu,Michele Frommelt,Olukayode Garuba,Tiffanie Johnson,Wyman Lai,Joseph Mahgerefteh, "Relationship of Echocardiographic Z Scores Adjusted for Body Surface Area to Age, Sex, Race, and Ethnicity: The Pediatric Heart Network Normal Echocardiogram Database.." Circ Cardiovasc Imaging.. 2017 Nov 10;(CIRCIMAGING.117.006979.):1161. Pubmed PMID: 11
Projects
- Normal Echo Z Score Study & ECG database project
- NIH Pediatric Heart Network (04/2013 - 10/2015)
- Texas Children's Hospital
- This is a Pediatric Heart Network multicenter center study involving a retrospective collection echocardiogram and ECGs from normal pediatric human subjects for diagnostic purposes.
- Atenolol vs Losatan in children and young adults with Marfan's syndrome
- NIH Pediatric Heart Network (03/2007 - 06/2011)
- Texas Children's Hospital
- This is a NHLBI-sponsored study comparing Atenolol and Losartan in the improvement of aortic root dilation in Marfan patients.
- Macitentan in Eisemenger Syndrome to Restore Exercise Capacity
- Actelion (07/2013 - 12/2015)
- Texas Children's Hospital
- This is a open label drug study assessing the safety and efficacy of the study drug Macitentan in subjects diagnosed with Eisenmenger syndrome
- PHN Fontan Udenafil Exercise Longitudinal Clinical Trial
- NIH Pediatric Heart Network (09/2016 - present)
- Baylor College of Medicine
- This is a multicenter, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial to test if the study drug Udenafil will improve the exercise capacity of the enrolled adolescents who have had a Fontan operation.
Memberships
- Society for Clinical Research Associate (SOCRA)
- (09/2014)
Skills
- Clinical Research
- Investigational drug testing and clinical research data collection on human subjects with congenital heart diseases enrolled in Phases I, II & III clinical trials for the publication of better treatment options from the known standard of care medications. From patient identification, subject prescreening, consent form administration/erollment into research study, IRB protocol management and other regulatory activities, study drug randomization and blinding, investigational drug order, pharmacokinetic blood sample processing, specimen handling/shipping to database management.
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