Opportunities to Engage and Retain Talent in the Clinical Research Workforce

Webinar workshop

February 25, 2025 @ 10:00 am 1:00 pm

The Convergence Project is pleased to invite you to an upcoming virtual event hosted by the MRCT Center, focused on workforce development strategies to support a more dynamic and competitive clinical research workforce.

This meeting will bring together community leaders, policymakers, and researchers to discuss how to create and support pathways into the clinical trial workforce (e.g., part-time degree programs, community colleges, fellowships). Key topics will include workforce development, targeted recruitment, and actionable steps to drive systemic improvements. You’ll have the opportunity to engage with panelists leading programs in Georgia, North Carolina, West Virginia, and other states across the country.

We hope you can join us for this important conversation. We look forward to your participation!

Biannual Global Meeting of The Joint Task Force For Clinical Trial Competency, December 2024

Proceedings and Presentations

Proceedings from: Joint Task Force for Clinical Trial Competency Biannual Global Meeting on December 10, 2024

Held at: Virtual Meeting

Key Topics:

  • Availability of updated Powerpoint presentation on JTF history and function for general use
  • Training modules being used in Philippines, Japan and the ARISE network based on JTF Framework
  • Use of JTF Framework for training workforce at clinical sites in Portugal by ROCHE and AICIB
  • Use of JTF Framework to train community health members in New York City enhances diversity of participants in clinical trials
  • Update on revisions to JTF Domain 6 – Data Management and Informatics by the Data Management Task Force
  • Update on newly formed Patients Participants Task Force
  • Discussion of team science competencies as expansion of JTF Domains 7 and 8

Conference Slides

ICH E8(R1) Introductory Overview Video

Training

Published on: October 29, 2024

Developed by: MRCT Center, in collaboration with ICH, the International Council for Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Pharmaceuticals for Human Use.

The MRCT Center is pleased to announce the availability of an introductory video for the ICH E8(R1) Guideline – General Considerations for Clinical Studies. Posted on the International Council for Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Pharmaceuticals for Human Use (ICH) website, the MRCT Center developed this introductory video to provide an overview of the general principles in clinical research and quality by design.

The MRCT Center is currently developing a series of in-depth training modules to complement the video.

Ethics and Review of Interventional Clinical Research

Training

Published on: October 22, 2024

Developed by: MRCT Center, in collaboration with the World Health Organization

Description: This course was developed in partnership with the World Health Organization and aims to meet the growing demand for a training on the scientific and ethical aspects of interventional clinical trials. This course is tailored to research ethics committee members, chairs, administrative staff, and others who review clinical trial protocols. It will also benefit regulators, investigators, study staff, care providers, and others involved in clinical trials. This course is available free of charge worldwide.

Acupuncture for hot flashes in hormone receptor‐positive breast cancer: A pooled analysis of individual patient data from parallel randomized trials

Publication

Published on: June 24, 2024

Published inCancer

Description: Sylvia Baedorf Kassis and Barbara E. Bierer were co-authors on a paper published in “Cancer” entitled “Acupuncture for hot flashes in hormone receptor‐positive breast cancer: A pooled analysis of individual patient data from parallel randomized trials.” The MRCT Center helped advise the study teams in the coordination and conduct of multi-national, collaborative research.