Trevor Cole is a manager for a research quality, monitoring, and regulatory affairs service line at Children’s Mercy Research Institute in Kansas City, MO. Prior to this role he has worked as a CRA/CRC in Oncology, CRC in gastroenterology hepatology and nutrition, managed a multispecialty health clinic, and worked in an emergency room. He holds a CCRC through ACRP and is currently working through nursing coursework which he will complete in December 2021.  In this episode we discuss exposure to clinical research as a career at a young age, the lack of standardization and the top-down nature of the clinical trial industry.