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Clinical Research Jobs: How to Choose the Right Career Path

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Clinical research is part of a growing industry that provides individuals with rewarding career options and a ladder to climb. Working in the clinical trials industry allows clinical researchers to work with patients and bring new drugs to market. Clinical Research Coordinator.

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This Clinical Trials Day, Let’s Set the Stage for an Era of Innovation

ACRP blog

Every May 20th, our community celebrates Clinical Trials Day. It was on this day in 1747 when Dr. James Lind conducted what is largely considered to be the first clinical trial, testing different treatments for scurvy among sailors aboard a ship and reliably proving the therapeutic solution of vitamin C.

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‘Other Duties as Assigned’: The Wide-Ranging Role of the CRC Professional

ACRP blog

The authors may not have meant those “opportunities” to involve things like a CRC setting their alarm for 2 a.m.

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Diversity in Clinical Trials: Tackling the Issues in Alzheimer’s Research at AAIC 2021

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Just as clinical researchers in other therapeutic areas have renewed their commitment to improving participant diversity in clinical trials, so too have those working in Alzheimer’s research. Fortunately, there are a number of researchers working on this issue.

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ACRP 2023 Speakers Emphasize Impacts of Quality and Diversity on Clinical Trial Sites

ACRP blog

Among many other topics, speakers at this weekend’s ACRP 2023 gathering in Dallas, Texas, are sharing insights on the importance of building quality into clinical trials and increasing diversity among the staff and patients at the study site level. At the trial level, the protocol is the blueprint for quality.

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Professionals and Patients Offer Mixed Views on Retail Pharmacy Chains’ Enthusiasm About Trials

ACRP blog

As several retail pharmacy chains proclaim a rosy outlook for ongoing efforts to expand their services into the clinical trials arena in the wake of the pandemic, traditional study site personnel and patients interviewed on the topic offered more mixed and nuanced concerns about the prospects for near-term success for such ventures.

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Workforce and Patient Engagement Issues Capture Attention at ACRP 2024

ACRP blog

Some of the other educational sessions from the Saturday morning lineup of topics concentrated on the intricacies of pitching the availability of clinical trials to potential participants, and on incorporating the principles of best patient engagement practices into the training of clinical research professionals.