Clinical Research Network Seminar Series
The Clinical Research Network (CRN) meets on the 4th Thursday of the month beginning @ 12:30 - 2:30 pm in the Warwick Evans Conference Room (Building D). Lunch will be served at the meetings.
2012-2013 Schedule for CRN
2013:
February 28:
TRACS vs. PACTS vs. STARS
Speaker: Trudy Bright
Using sponsor sample consent documents
Speakers: MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute Research Team
January 24:
Tips for writing a good informed consent from the research participant advocates
Speakers: Sarah Vittone, MSN, MA, RN and Priscilla N. Adler, MBA, CCRP
CRU updates
Speakers: Haewon Park, MPH, CRA and Shaunagh Browning, RN, FNP-BC
2012:
October 25:
Panel on recruitment and retention of research subjects, and introduction to ResearchMatch.org.
September 27:
Seminar to review key GU financial processes and demonstrate PACTS v2, the new web-based system for submission of trial contracts. Speakers: Rachel Kidwiler, Doreen Robinson, and Jennifer Foley.
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Presented Materials:
Navigating Financial Policy and Procedure at Georgetown University Medical Center
Working with the Office of Sponsored Research on Industry-Sponsored Clinical Trial Agreements
2011-2012 Schedule for CRN - "Stay Informed"
September 22:
Ira Shoulson, M.D., Director of the Program for Regulatory Science and Medicine (PRSM) at GU. "The Emergence of Regulatory Science and Medicine"
2010-2011 Schedule for CRN- "Stay Informed"
2010:
January 28: "Boosting Enrollment through Regional Online Outreach"
February 25: "Research Billing Compliance" "Qualifying Trial Criteria"
March 25: "Comparative Effectiveness Research, How is it Different?"
April 22: "When The IRB Shuts Down Your Clinical Study: Making Lemonade from Lemons"
May 27: "Can we enroll our first patient yet? Come learn strategies for quickest approval of your new study by the IRB, OSR, CTO and GCRC."
June 24: "50 Wrong Ways (and Right Ways) to Collect Data"
September 23: Michele Malloy, Research Support Coordinator, Dahlgren Memorial Library will discuss "Research Support Updates".
Deborah Zarin, M.D., Director of ClinicalTrials.gov will present information on ClinicalTrials.gov (a registry of federally and privately supported clinical trials conducted in the United States and around the world).
October 28:
Marian Serge, R.N., Center for Devices and Radiological Health will present "IDE and Approval Process, Emergency and Humanitarian Use".
2011 Schedule for CRN- "Stay Informed"
January 10:
Lili Portilla, MPA, Senior Advisor for Technology Transfer, National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) "Bridging Research and Commercialization: How the NIH Can Help"
January 27:
Joseph Verbalis, M.D., Co-Principal Investigator GHUCCTS "Transforming Clinical Research and Translational Science" (rescheduled due to inclement weather- see May 26, 2011)
February 24:
Judith Baigis, R.N., PhD, Professor Nursing and Research Subject Advocate (RSA) with Georgetown's Clinical Research Unit (CRU) will moderate "Ethics and Research in Vulnerable Populations".
Research Participant Advocate (RPA) Role
Vulnerable Minority Populations
Optimizing the Consent Process in Subjects with MCI and AD
March 24:
Leslie Ball, M.D., Director of the Division of Scientific Investigations (DSI), Office of Compliance, CDER, FDA "Investigator Responsibilities - IND Regulations and Clinical Trials"
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APRIL 28:
Jonathan S. Helfgott, Consumer Safety Officer at FDA, Center for Drug Evaluation & Research (CDER), Office of Compliance, Division of Scientific Investigations(DSI) "Computerized Systems in Clinical Trials and Part 11".
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May 26:
Joseph Verbalis, M.D., co-Principal Investigator GHUCCTS "Transforming Clinical Research and Translational Science"
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JUNE 23:
Doreen Robinson, Ph.D., Senior Associate VP Office of Sponsored Research (OSR) "Role of the Office of Sponsored Research in Clinical Research Activities"
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