Sentences with phrase «clinical research associates]»

Although several signers of the 16 May letter did not respond to emails requesting comment, one NIH clinical research leader told ScienceInsider that «hundreds» of staff are upset by the Red Team's report and Collins's response, which they worry will «ruin» the Clinical Center.

«This study demonstrates that CRFA is an effective long - term therapeutic option for managing pain, and improving physical function and quality of life, for patients suffering from painful knee osteoarthritis when compared with intra-articular steroid injection,» according to the clinical trial report by Leonardo Kapural, MD, PhD, of the Center for Clinical Research, Winston - Salem, N.C., and colleagues.

«The treatment of multiple myeloma has improved significantly in recent years with the introduction of therapies such as proteasome inhibitors [which interfere with tumor cells» protein - disposal system] and potent immuno - modulatory agents,» said the paper's senior author and lead investigator, Paul Richardson, MD, clinical program leader and director of clinical research at Dana - Farber's Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Center, and the R.J. Corman professor at Harvard Medical School.

Researchers from UT Southwestern's Charles and Jane Pak Center for Mineral Metabolism and Clinical Research and Internal Medicine's Division of Nephrology recently published work in Nature that reveals the molecular structure of the so - called «anti-aging» protein alpha Klotho (a-Klotho) and how it transmits a hormonal signal that controls a variety of biologic processes.

Exomes and the Clinical Research Conundrum: New Approaches to Enhancing the Value of Genomic Data

Although only founded as a full medical faculty in the autumn of 1993, by adopting some innovative approaches it is aiming to create a special environment for clinical research and teaching that will allow it to compete with more traditional institutions in Heidelberg, Tübingen, Göttingen, and Munich.

D. ophthalmologist with a background in immunology and clinical research.

«This class of compounds produces profound changes in human perception and consciousness, and essentially it's been taken off the clinical research bench for 40 years — it's almost unthinkable,» he says.

In creating its research profile, the Carl Gustav Carus Faculty is also trying to overcome another deficit of clinical research in Germany — the lack of interdisciplinary crossover between medicine and science.

To strengthen its clinical research profile, Dresden has created a strategic plan, to be funded by the German Research Ministry (BMBF), that focuses on three aspects of clinical research: tissue engineering and development of physical and molecular medical technologies for clinical application; therapeutic strategies after cell and tissue damage; and diagnosis and therapy of malignant diseases.

Patient advocates and clinical research leaders across NIH have also written letters taking issue with the review.

The Mark O. Hatfield Clinical Research Center at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland.

«Our findings are encouraging, as they suggest that entolimod can be safely combined with other chemotherapeutic, targeted or immunotherapeutic agents as treatment for advanced and very hard - to - treat cancers,» notes Dr. Adjei, who is Senior Vice President of Clinical Research and the Katherine Anne Gioia Chair in Cancer Medicine at Roswell Park.

Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Wellcome Trust Major Overseas Programme, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

If confirmed by clinical research, the data points to the possibility that early pharmaceutical intervention could make a significant difference in the development of the disease.

So how did I arrive at my current situation, working as a clinical research scientist?

Three years later, I am completing my master of health science degree through the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Duke Training Program in Clinical Research, preparing for medical school, and interviewing applicants to succeed me.

My 3 years at NIMH have given me the opportunity to help children who suffer from severe neuropsychiatric conditions, learn about brain development in health and illness, and develop strong skills in clinical research.

The epidemic of obesity is felt in prenatal clinics and delivery rooms around the world with a worrisome trend in high - risk pregnancies that could impact mother and child, according to Patrick M. Catalano, MD, the Dierker - Biscotti Women's Health and Wellness Professor and Director of the Center for Reproductive Health at MetroHealth and Director of the Clinical Research Unit of the Case Western Reserve University.

At BI I wear many hats and perform many functions, the most interesting of which is that I am part of an international team charged with developing the phase I to phase III clinical research program for a new chemical entity.

Additionally, there are training courses and scientific conferences that I attend that are important to my development and growth as a clinical research scientist.

I am optimistic that there will continue to be many opportunities for scientists in clinical research.

CER professionals work mainly at academic institutions, but increasingly they are employed by the pharmaceutical industry, clinical research organizations, and insurers, McDonald says.

The committee argues that unless more clinical research training opportunities are made available to medical students and M.D.s., the type of clinical studies being conducted around the country will «almost surely fail to fully reflect the nation's needs.»

A training manual — Protecting Study Volunteers in Research — co-written by Rochester's Cynthia Dunn, director of the Clinical Research Institute, and Gary Chadwick, executive director of the Research Subjects Review Board, was released last September.

Maybe clinical research, while not resting on a rigorously logical foundation, is generally good enough for most practical purposes.

Bernice Wuethrich asks if the fallout threatens the future of clinical research

The committee is also concerned that too few physicians and medical students are participating in clinical research.

«This is the question we asked ourselves, particularly in the case of certain patients born with broken bones who, even as newborns, were neither able to move properly nor breathe unaided,» explains Dr. Ellen Knierim, a researcher at Charité's NeuroCure Clinical Research Center and the study's first author.

«The big challenge we've had is to add all the disciplines that weren't here before to be a real pharmaceutical company: clinical research, regulatory affairs, and quality control.»

Fortuitously, at about the time my grant was coming to an end, a friend of mine who worked at BI asked me if I would be interested in a clinical research scientist position.

During medical school and residency, I hope to address these unresolved questions by gaining still more experience in clinical research laboratories.

Scientists have to be able to hit the ground running, as innovation in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries is a long and costly process, involving several stages of basic, applied, and clinical research, and often taking up to 15 years to complete.

Meanwhile, the Freiburg medical center's supervisory board has asked Mertelsmann to withdraw voluntarily from clinical research for the duration of any disciplinary hearing.

«Our study suggests that short height in children is a possible marker of stroke risk and suggests these children should pay extra attention to changing or treating modifiable risk factors for stroke throughout life to reduce the chances of having this disease,» said senior study author Jennifer L. Baker, Ph.D., associate professor in the Center for Clinical Research and Prevention at Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital and Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, at the University of Copenhagen, in Denmark.

For the past 3 years I have been working as a clinical research scientist at Boehringer Ingelheim Canada Ltd. / Ltée (BI).

D.s conducting clinical research, while simultaneously steadying the number of Ph.D. s produced through research assistantships.

Physician - scientists bridge medicine and research and provide a channel of communication that is a basic yet critical component in any disease - oriented or clinical research endeavor.

I also enjoy being involved in exploring and refining the methodology we use in clinical research, something that I am afforded the chance to do working at BI.

Dr Rod Mitchell, a Wellcome Trust Intermediate Clinical Research Fellow at the University of Edinburgh, said: «This study adds to existing evidence that prolonged use of paracetamol in pregnancy may increase the risk of reproductive disorders in male babies.

Whereas clinical research is structured to meet federal regulatory requirements, CER is focused mainly on what happens after regulatory approval, McDonald says.

A graduate, upon completion of the program, should possess the clinical skills of a medical doctor, the analytical skills of a Ph.D., and a high probability of future success in clinical research.

Our research supports a reexamination of optimism bias before allowing it to guide clinical research and policy.»

The researchers recruited 61 patients who were either self - or physician - referred to the Lyme Disease Clinical Research Center at Johns Hopkins and who met the study criteria.

Although juggling all of these issues can be demanding and at times stressful (such as during the recent highly publicized temporary suspension of clinical research on our campus), working in a clinical environment has allowed me to develop my interpersonal and communication skills to a level that I never would have achieved in a purely basic science setting.

The Swedish Research Council programme for clinical research has been crucial for the project.

«Post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome (PTLDS) is a real disorder that causes severe symptoms in the absence of clinically detectable infection,» says John N. Aucott, M.D., associate professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and director of the Johns Hopkins Lyme Disease Clinical Research Center.

They often require input from a wide variety of people including medics, statisticians, and clinical research associates, who usually have the most comprehensive knowledge of trial procedures and access to all the bits of information that are not found anywhere else.

Being a postdoc at BPRU has given me an incredible opportunity to balance my basic science background with clinical research experience.

«One criticism of the PARP drugs is they are not active in patients who have developed resistance to other therapies, but we found veliparib appears to be effective in some platinum - resistant patients with recurrent or persistent disease,» said Robert L. Coleman, MD, lead author of the study and professor and vice chair of clinical research at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston.