Dr. Arash Naeim, a recognized expert in health services research and Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center senior leader and director of informatics, has been appointed UCLA Chief Medical Officer for Clinical Research.
Naeim is an associate professor of medicine and a practicing oncologist with a focus in health services, geriatric oncology, decision making, health literacy and cancer clinical trial design in frail populations.
As chief medical officer for clinical research, Naeim will oversee implementation of an institutionally mandated clinical trials management system and its integration with CareConnect, the electronic medical record system in the UCLA Health System. He will be responsible for overseeing a new office of clinical trials information systems and an expanded clinical trials administration office. In addition, he will chair the clinical research governance committee to be charged with developing policies and solutions over a broad range of clinical research issues for the UCLA Campus, School of Medicine and Health System.
Naiem assumed his appointment on Sept. 3, 2013.
Besides this new role, Naeim continues as an assistant vice chancellor for research and associate director of the UCLA Clinical and Translational Science Institute.
