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People in profile: Jenon Valentine

Stories Mar 16, 2022 2 minutes

Meet Jenon—An experienced research coordinator who is using her knowledge to mentor others.

Q: What is your role in health research?
A:
Over the past 10 years I have been a research coordinator with varied responsibilities and job titles. Recently, I made the decision to shift from my role as a research facilitator at the VCHRI Clinical Research Unit (CRU) to the data management side of research, which I am really excited about.

Q: What is your research area of interest, and what led you there?
A:
Before getting into clinical research, I was an ophthalmic technician for a several years. Ophthalmology will always have a special place in my heart.  

Q: What is the best part about your research job?
A:
I really enjoy learning new things as well as sharing what I learn with others. Working at the CRU has been great because it has allowed me to learn more about many different therapeutic areas and meet a lot of amazing researchers throughout Vancouver Coastal Health.   

Q: What is one of the biggest accomplishments or proudest moments of your career?
A:
I love mentoring research assistants and junior coordinators. My former coworkers from several past positions still reach out to me with questions. I enjoy being able to point them to relevant regulations or guidelines. I am really proud when I am able to help others build confidence and achieve success in their own careers.

Q: What was your first job?
A:
In my first research job, I was a study coordinator at a small ophthalmology private practice in Kansas City, Missouri. I feel very fortunate that I had a fantastic mentor who taught me the fundamentals of research.  

Q: If you could travel anywhere in the world right now, where would you go and why?
A:
My father was born in Iraq and I have a lot of family there and across the Middle East. I have always wanted to see where my dad grew up and meet more of my family, so that is on my bucket list for the future.

Q: What is your healthiest habit?
A:
I walk as many as 10km per day. I like to listen to podcasts while enjoying the beauty of Vancouver.

Jenon enjoys stitching felt stockings for friends and family in her free time.

Q: What is one thing we might be surprised to learn about you? 
A:
I love making felt Christmas stockings! I have made complicated stockings for family members and miniature stockings for my coworkers. Before the pandemic, I had a stitching meet-up group where we all brought our own projects to work on and chat. It was great to help each other with techniques and to show off our creations.

Jenon Valentine immigrated to Canada from the United States in 2018 with a Bachelor of Science from Kansas State University. Most recently, she was part of the VCHRI Clinical Research Unit working primarily on infectious disease research; prior to that she was part of the MS and NMO Clinical Trials Group at UBC. She has now started the next chapter of her career as a data manager at an international contract research organization.

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