Luis Acosta

Luis Acosta has been working in the field of clinical research since 2008. Luis began their career as a Researcher and Teaching Assistant at the University of California at Santa Cruz, where they attended all class lectures, co-led class lectures, facilitated weekly sections, held office hours, and read, evaluated, and returned student assignments. In 2013, they moved to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs as a Research Assistant. In 2015, they became a Clinical Safety Coordinator at Direct Flow Medical® Inc. and then in 2017, they took on the role of Clinical Trial Assistant at BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. In 2018, Luis Acosta joined Arcus Biosciences as a Clinical Research Associate and in 2019, they moved to PellePharm as a Senior Clinical Research Associate and Clinical Research Associate. Most recently, in 2021, they became a Clinical Trial Manager at Carmot Therapeutics, Inc.

Luis Acosta obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of California at Santa Cruz between 2008 and 2010. Luis also obtained two certifications in 2016: one from the Maintenance and Support Services Organization (MSSO) for MedDRA: Safety Data Analysis and SMQs, and one from the National Institute of Health for ICH Good Clinical Practice (GCH).