ACRP members and associates are working to create a “critical mass” of awareness and activity to address root cause problems threatening the future of high-quality clinical research, ACRP Executive Director Jim Kremidas told attendees at the 8th Annual Avoca Global Summit this week in Boston. “We’re leading the charge together because the stakes are too […]
PAID MESSAGE As a senior clinical research data manager at the University of Chicago Medical Center, Melissa McHugh reviews and enters patient data for clinical trials for pharmaceutical companies as part of the genitourinary oncology program. With much of her work centered around data, she began seeing the value several years ago of returning to school to […]
“Common sense is not so common,” French author and wit Voltaire once wrote. Despite the relative sparsity of such programs in the clinical research enterprise, he certainly wouldn’t be surprised to learn that new employees perform better when there’s a solid onboarding program in place to guide them from day one on the job. “We’ve […]
Marvel Comics superheroes the Fantastic Four face off against villains with names like Annihilus, Doctor Doom, the Mole Man, and Galactus to save the day with ingenuity and commitment. A different kind of fantastic four made their debut at the ACRP 2019 annual conference in Nashville in April, representing hyperCORE and winning the ACRP All-Star […]
The Association of Clinical Research Professionals (ACRP) is looking for volunteer leadership from clinical research organizations to support ongoing workforce development initiatives. Volunteers are asked to support the multi-stakeholder ACRP Workforce Innovation Steering Committee (WISC) in its efforts to collaboratively standardize onboarding training for clinical research coordinators, develop skill- and competency-based training and assessment tools, […]
