Endpoint Adjudication Coordinator

Also called: Clinical Events Committee Coordinator, Adjudication Specialist

Gathers medical records for doctor panels that decide whether events in drug trials, like heart attacks or strokes, really happened.

A day in the life

Collects hospital records, ECGs and scans for a trial patient who may have had a heart attack, removes names, and builds a packet for an independent panel of cardiologists. You schedule their review meetings, track their votes and make sure every event is decided on time.

Pay over a career

Starting
$50k
Typical
$66k
High
$88k

Estimate.

Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.

Training

Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in biology, nursing or health science; clinical research experience helps.

Ways in: 4-year college. Training cost: $15k – $60k.

Majors to look at: Health Science, Biology, Nursing.

Outlook

Growing about average. Steady in large heart, kidney and diabetes trials.

Will it last? Our AI estimate

Medium risk for 10 years. AI helps sort and summarize records, but coordinating doctor panels and checking details stays human.

Start now, in high school

Classes: Biology, Health science, English.

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