Working in clinical trials is akin to operating in a prism, in the sense that different people have different angles on the same item or issue, advises Steve Pope, MSHS, CCRP, senior clinical research associate with PRA Health Sciences. It’s especially true when looking at the world through the eyes of a study coordinator or […]
“The huge, expedited need for virtual capabilities driven by COVID-19 has translated into a new willingness to try new technologies among typically averse” clinical trial practitioners, says Elisa Cascade, executive vice president and product line executive for electronic clinical outcome assessments at ERT. While she’s excited about what this new energy can bring to trial […]
NurseNow Staffing announced last week that it had become a founding member of the Decentralized Trials & Research Alliance (DTRA), which launched last December as a collaborative effort of 50 life sciences and healthcare organizations seeking to accelerate the broad adoption of patient-focused, decentralized clinical trials and research. NurseNow matches highly qualified […]
In Greek classical literature, “know thyself” is inscribed over the entrance to the temple of Delphi. Poor Oedipus doesn’t know himself at all, and that’s where his troubles begin. For Nicole Tierney, CCRA, BA, a principal clinical research associate with NAMSA, a medical device contract research organization (CRO), it’s also important to “know what sites […]
The COVID-19 pandemic has upended the clinical trial landscape in ways large and small, agreed experts on the final day of the ACRP 2021 virtual conference’s January track (January 14). On the positive side, it showed the clinical trial workforce in a favorable new light—one in which professionals rose to the occasion, in part […]
