Suzanne Strong, BS, RN is the Clinical Data Manager for the Pediatric Heart Center at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals.  As the data manager I am responsible for collecting, submitting, and presenting clinical outcomes data for the Division of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery and the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit.  As the Data Manager of the Pediatric Heart Center I am also involved in data analysis, clinical research applications, and quality improvement projects.  Prior to taking the role of Data Manager in the heart center I spent over 5 years working as a Clinical Research Nurse under the CTSI (NIH-funded Clinical & Translational Science Institute) at UCSF and acted a study coordinator for a number of multicenter clinical trials.