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Merck Takes Action to Address Clinical Research Workforce Challenges

ACRP blog

Taking action to increase and diversify the clinical research workforce is a high priority at Merck, known as MSD outside the U.S. Partnerships and Global Site Development, Merck. “We are focusing on schools in minority communities near oncology clinical trial sites,” explains Clark. and Canada.

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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.

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3 Ways to Fast Track Your Career in Clinical Research

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If you’ve spent some time working as a clinical research associate (CRA) and are looking to advance your career, you might be wondering where to start. Here are three ways to advance your career in clinical research. In addition, ICON runs a graduate program to train the next generation of clinical researchers.

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Innovators in Action: Novel Programs Addressing Workforce and Enrollment Issues

ACRP blog

Staffing and retention have been the top concern at research sites since 2020, with patient recruitment and enrollment ranking second, and the complexity of clinical trials ranking third, based on WCG survey data for 2020 to 2023. based clinical research sites. and Canada.

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VirTrial Selected as Finalist in the Fierce Innovation Awards – Life Sciences Edition 2020

VirTrial

This year, VirTrial entered the competition with its newly developed, industry-first, ‘virtual site monitoring ’ solution, Virtual Pre-Site. The solution enables pharmaceutical sponsors and CROs to evaluate, qualify, train and routinely monitor research sites for studies without physical travel. 2018 & 2019 Achievements.

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

XTalks

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. What Factors Promote Alzheimer’s Clinical Trial Participation? Similarly, older Latino and Hispanic individuals are 1.5

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Avoiding Radiation Toxicity: Understanding Dosimetric Endpoints and Challenges in Radiopharmaceutical Clinical Trials

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Due to recent developments in RPT manufacturing and recognition, RPT for solid tumors has emerged as an exciting anti-cancer modality. Although cells have DNA repair mechanisms, the damage from direct or indirect action of radiation on DNA can persist, and this may lead to cell death or the development of secondary malignancies years later.