Maria Lavarreda-Pearce is a Sr. Research Analyst at a Community Hospital in the Central Coast of California. In her role, Maria oversees the feasibility and supports start-up activities for clinical trials. She leads initiatives and directs training and education sessions on research design and methodology to clinicians, faculty, and staff. Before devoting her work fulltime to clinical projects, Maria begun her research journey working on kidney and lung development research projects in the laboratories at the Saban Research Institute at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. Maria’s passion to plan and execute research projects led her to focus on project management and transition to Research Operations to support research trainees across different career stages and at various academic levels.
