Instructor: Mica Werner
Mica Werner, MSM, is an Instructor at Portland Community College. She grew up in Ann Arbor, MI. After earning a BA in English from Michigan State University, she took the next logical step and accepted a job as a medical assistant in a women’s health clinic.
For several years, she juggled working with rock climbing and traveling, which led her to Alaska, where she met her husband while working as a cook for the National Outdoor Leadership School’s (NOLS) Palmer, AK branch. The two moved to Portland, OR, in 2002 and have been here ever since.
Mica has worked as a Clinical Research Coordinator with Westover Heights Clinic, an IRB Coordinator with the Portland VA Medical Center, an investigator-initiated trials Project Manager at OHSU, and currently loves her job as a Regulatory and Compliance Coordinator at Kaiser Permanente Northwest. Along the way, Mica and her husband welcomed two boys, she earned her MS in Management with a specialization in Research Administration, and in what little free time she has, Mica trains for ultra-distance trail running races.
As with most people in this field, Mica fell into research without understanding the full career potential research encompasses. She is delighted to be a part of this course to welcome and support newcomers to the field of Clinical Research at PCC.