Shirley Helm, MS, CCRP
Senior Administrator for Network Capacity and Workforce Strategies
Virginia Commonwealth University
Shirley LT Helm, MS, CCRP, serves as the Senior Administrator for Network Capacity and Workforce Strategies at the Virginia Commonwealth University Wright Regional Center for Clinical and Translational Science. She brings more than 25 years of clinical research experience to the role including management of a core clinical research laboratory, research participant testing and education, institutional clinical research resources outreach and collaboration, and has performed a range of administrative and operational clinical research roles. After receiving a master’s degree in immunology from VCU, Ms. Helm obtained the professional certification of CCRP in 2010. A life-long learner, in 2023, Shirley earned the VCU Post-baccalaureate Certificate in Clinical Research for which she was instrumental in developing. She is a co-founder and current chair of the Central Virginia SOCRA chapter, is a member of the SOCRA certification item writing committee, and is an elected member of the SOCRA Board of Directors.