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Canada

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Clinical Research Expert | Scientific Writer | Market Access with 9 years of experience in pharmaceutical services

Profile Summary

Connor has worked for 6 years in market access, value communication, and health economics for a European-based consultancy. He has performed the following: Rare disease/ultra-rare disease -Data collection & patient pool model development in 2 epidemiology studies for early-stage clinical assets -Development of 3 cost-effectiveness model for early-stage clinical assets -Landscape assessment of HTA evaluations of innovative, high-cost products -Case review of recent HTA evaluations of cell and gene therapies by EU and North American HTAs & payers Ophthalmology -Development of an interactive value toolkit for a late-stage clinical asset -Copywriting a global value dossier and developing a supportive slide deck for a late-stage clinical asset -Copywriting a technical manual for a global cost-effectiveness model for a late-stage clinical asset -RW burden of disease study for a late-stage clinical asset Connor worked for 3+ years in clinical trial operations management at a CRO in Canada. He worked on three phase III clinical trials in oncology: -Performing data validation on study data from 6,500 patients -Reviewing >6,500 SAEs before database lock -Editing several Clinical Study Reports and generating numerous CSR appendices -Managing communications with CRAs and 300+ clinical trial sites, worldwide Connor became a Consultant in 2015 after an internship with a Belgium-based digital health consultancy. Over 4+ years as a Consultant, Connor has worked with a diverse group of clients including academic researchers, healthcare organizations, patient advocacy groups, pharma & biotech companies, and medical device companies. In these projects, Connor handled project and client relationship management in addition to copywriting and editing a wide range of scientific reports such as global value dossiers, technical reports, white papers, medical newsletters, congress summary briefs, commercial product plans, and targeted literature searches. Connor has also written numerous SOPs for both SMEs and large corporations in the pharmaceutical industry. Additionally, Connor has written and edited grant submissions for several healthcare R&D projects with approved funding of >$750k. Connor, a native English speaker, has co-authored three published scientific manuscripts and two posters and presented one oral presentation at a medical conference. Connor has experience with the following computer programs: -MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook: Advanced -Sharepoint: Advanced -Oracle Clinical: Intermediate -Articulate 360 Storyline: Intermediate

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Medical Device Marketing
• ☆ Oncology
• ☆ Medical Education
• ☆ Health Technology Assessment
• ☆ Medical Sciences
• ☆ Medical Writing
• ☆ Medical Copywriting
• ☆ Grant Writing
• ☆ Health Economics

Services

• Writing
• Research

Writing Clinical Trial Documentation, Technical Writing, Newswriting

Research Fact Checking, Gap Analysis, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Work Experience

Pharmaceutical & Healthcare Consultant

Connor Buffel, MBT

August 2015 - Present

Scientific Management Consultant (Intern)

MindBytes

May 2015 - August 2015

Data Validation Specialist

TRIO - Translation Research in Oncology

August 2012 - April 2015

Administrative Project Coordinator

TRIO - Translational Research in Oncology

January 2012 - December 2013

Education

Master of Biomedical Technology (Medicine)

University of Calgary

September 2014 - August 2015

Bachelor of Science with Specialization in Pharmacology (Pharmacology)

University of Alberta

September 2007 - April 2011

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Connor Buffel, Sarah Verschueren, Geert Vander Stichele (2020). Correction: Developing Theory-Driven, Evidence-Based Serious Games for Health: Framework Based on Research Community Insights . JMIR Serious Games.

Connor Buffel, Sarah Verschueren, Geert Vander Stichele(2019). Developing Theory-Driven, Evidence-Based Serious Games for Health: Framework Based on Research Community Insights . {JMIR} Serious Games. 7. (2). p. e11565. {JMIR} Publications Inc.

Connor Buffel, Sarah Verschueren, June van Aalst, Anne-Marie Bangels, Jaan Toelen, Karel Allegaert, Geert Vander Stichele(2018). Development of {CliniPup}{\textregistered}, a serious game for health aimed at reducing perioperative anxiety and pain in children (Preprint) . {JMIR} Serious Games. {JMIR} Publications Inc.

Connor Buffel, June van Aalst, Anne-Marie Bangels, Jaan Toelen, Karel Allegaert, Sarah Verschueren, Geert Vander Stichele(2018). {CliniPup}{\textregistered}, a web-based serious game for health to reduce perioperative anxiety and pain in children: a Pilot Study (Preprint) . {JMIR} Serious Games. {JMIR} Publications Inc.

OTHER

Connor Buffel, Sarah Verschueren, Geert Vander Stichele(2020). Correction: Developing Theory-Driven, Evidence-Based Serious Games for Health: Framework Based on Research Community Insights (Preprint) . {JMIR} Publications Inc.

Connor Buffel, June van Aalst, Anne-Marie Bangels, Jaan Toelen, Karel Allegaert, Sarah Verschueren, Geert Vander Stichele (2018). (Preprint) .

Connor Buffel, Sarah Verschueren, June van Aalst, Anne-Marie Bangels, Jaan Toelen, Karel Allegaert, Geert Vander Stichele (2018). (Preprint) .

Connor Buffel, Sarah Verschueren, Geert Vander Stichele(2018). Framework for developing theory-driven evidence-based Serious Games for Health: leveraging insights of the research community towards an instructive approach for developers. (Preprint) . {JMIR} Publications Inc.