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Regulatory science experts shepherd life-improving — and often lifesaving — advances from the first spark of inspiration to the marketplace, reaching those in need. This rapidly growing and global field encompasses every aspect of pharmaceutical and medical device development, quality assurance, and clinical trials oversight. Regulatory science presents exciting careers at the intersection of
University Of Southern CaliforniaIn this session, we explore the importance of ensuring biomedical study samples and data that are inclusive of a wide range of participants. We also examine the challenges associated with recruiting diverse study participants. Finally, we explore the importance of ensuring cultural competence when interacting with participants from historically marginalized groups (e.g., race/ethnicity, religion
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According to several organizations like APA, and the CDC, resiliency is defined as "bouncing back" and demonstrating adaptive functioning during adversity. During COVID, and the socio-political climate we see these concepts are even more pertinent to maintaining our wellbeing during these challenging times. This discussion will look at how we can practice, as well as educate our patients and
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In this 60-minute webinar, facilitators will provide research-based and experience-tested effective practices for establishing a more inclusive online presence with students and adapting course-specific policies for online. Participants may consider this webinar as a “buffet” from which they can pick and choose to implement the practices most appropriate for their own online courses and students
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There is a growing interest in transparency, openness, and reproducibility as mechanisms to advance the credibility and utility of the scientific enterprise. This webinar will introduce open science to a clinical and translational research audience. It will begin by introducing the opportunities and challenges motivating the wider open science movement, such as accelerating scientific discovery
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In this 60-minute webinar, Dr. Tenaerts presents the work of the Clinical Trials Transformation Initiative (CTTI) and discusses two main topics regarding digital clinical trials: (1) moving ongoing trials to remote and (2) planning for decentralized trials. At the conclusion of this webinar you will be able to • Recognize how the trials community has pivoted to virtual and remote visits for
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Participants will learn about Patrick Lencioni’s widely distributed team building model outlined in The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team: A fable. Throughout the fable, the five dysfunctions of the fictional team become evident as the new CEO tries to employ Lencioni’s team-building model. This workshop provides an overview of The 5 Dysfunctions Model and discusses how the interlinking components work
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In this 90-minute interactive workshop, facilitators provide research-based and experience-tested effective practices to aid participants in defining trauma, identifying the effects of trauma on learning, and tailoring course design and teaching approaches to help mitigate these effects. Participants will actively collaborate in breakout groups while using the chat, and via polling to plan
-University Of Southern CaliforniaThe USC International Center for Regulatory Science in partnership with the Southern California Clinical and Translational Science Institute (SC CTSI) and the Greater Los Angeles CTSA Consortium are looking forward to welcoming you to the Fall 2020 Regulatory Science Virtual Symposium on Friday, October 16, 2020: Diversity in Clinical Trials in the Time of COVID-19 from 9:00am to 3:30pm. Spaces
July 21, 2020One of the first synergy papers supported by the CLIC and CTSA consortium was published in the Journal of Clinical and Translational Science. Abstract: A primary barrier to translation of clinical research discoveries into care delivery and population health is the lack of sustainable infrastructure bringing researchers, policymakers, practitioners, and communities together to reduce silos in-
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Overview: When used to support and promote professional activities, social media can be a powerful tool for faculty, researchers, and clinicians. Platforms like Twitter make it easy and convenient to disseminate research, expand professional networks, and interact with new audiences. Given all the potential benefits, it is important to develop an intentional social media strategy that will enhance
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Overview: The SAR-CoV-2 pandemic presents special challenges for physicians because, in the absence of proven therapies, their desire to help their patients can lead them to consider experimenting with interventions suggested by colleagues or touted by public figures. When do physicians at academic medical centers have the opportunity—and perhaps the obligation—to take the next step and evaluate
-University Of Southern CaliforniaOverview: This webinar will describe lessons learned from a series of studies that used social media websites to recruit U.S. veterans into two survey research efforts and a randomized controlled trial addressing heavy alcohol use. As an increasing number of research studies are moving online, the methods described to reach this typically difficult-to-engage group using the Internet alone can be
March 10, 2020The SC CTSI has joined forces with Hollywood, Health & Society, which is a health communications program based at the USC Annenberg Norman Lear Center, to consult with the writers and creators of popular television shows and movies about how to integrate content about health and clinical research into their storylines. After just three years, the initiative has paired USC scientists with producers
The Greater Los Angeles CTSA Consortium was established to leverage our local talents in collaborations that benefit both our local communities and our approaches to clinical research. The two main activities that are currently underway are (a) a Community Engagement working group that is developing and evaluating an intervention with promotoras to increase Latino representation in clinical trials
November 14, 2019A USC pilot study has indicated that an occupational therapy intervention can help diabetes patients make the kind of important and long-lasting lifestyle changes that have the potential to substantially improve their health and prevent serious health complications. The study by KL2 alumna Beth Pyatak, PhD, OTR/L, CDE, is part of a novel academic-government collaboration between the SC CTSI, the
November 05, 2019Dermatologist Iris Z. Ahronowitz, MD, and her team used a wealth of data at USC for a first-ever retrospective study involving a majority Hispanic population of solid organ transplant recipients. The research team, which was supported by a Team Building Grant from the Southern California Clinical and Translational Science Institute (SC CTSI), included dermatologists, oncologists, and transplant
October 15, 2019What is CEREC? CEREC was established in 2016 to provide an outlet for obtaining external reviews for CTSA-funded pilot research and to minimize the likelihood of bias and conflicts of interest. CEREC also offers a larger pool of expertise from which to draw precisely matched reviews for scientific lines of inquiry that may not be well represented within the institution receiving the proposal. This
-University Of Southern CaliforniaJoin us for a day-long symposium on legal aspects of clinical trials. Hear from industry experts on topics including HIPAA and Privacy, Liability and Indemnification, Compassionate Use, and more. Attendees will receive a certificate of completion at the end of the symposium.
October 07, 2019A SC CTSI-supported study by Lorraine Kelley-Quon, MD, a pediatric surgeon at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and assistant professor at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, found that teens who used opioid pills were more likely to try heroin.
University Of Southern CaliforniaSince 2015, the two Los Angeles-based CTSA hubs have partnered with the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services (DHS) to foster partnered implementation research in the DHS delivery system. Service cores and a competitive pilot award supported team-based research that address Health Agency priorities. The partners developed review criteria to encompass scientific value and suitability of
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University Of Southern CaliforniaBackground: Study monitoring is an essential and routine quality function in industry-sponsored trials. However, access to high quality study monitoring is often lacking in investigator-initiated trials conducted in academic medical centers. Indeed, two separate surveys of research professionals in Southern California revealed that only about 65% reported monitoring in their investigator-initiated