Leveraging In-Pharmacy Education to Improve Patient Comprehension and Access to Clinical Trials
Track
:
Track 01: Clinical Operations
Program Code:
201
Date:
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Time:
8:00 AM to 9:30 AM
EST
Location:
205C
CHAIR
:
Kenneth A. Getz, MBA (SPKSUP), Director of Sponsored Research, Tufts CSDD; Chairman, CISCRP, Tufts University, United States
Ken is the chairman of CISCRP, and the Director of Sponsored Research / Associate Professor at Tufts CSDD. He is a well-known speaker and author, and serves on a number of for-profit and not-for-profit boards and committees. Ken holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern U.
Ken is the chairman of CISCRP and a Senior Research Fellow at the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development. A well-known speaker and author, Ken holds an MBA from Northwestern University and a bachelor’s degree from Brandeis University.
Carrie Hurwitz, MBA (SPKNON), Director, Corporate Strategy and Business Development, McKesson, United States
Responsible for the development and implementation of new business opportunities to meet evolving customer needs. Current focus is new capabilities to support patient recruitment for clinical trials. Previously managed clinical trials and drug development strategy for pharma and biotech.
Description
Pharmacists are an untapped resource to educate the public about clinical research. A panel reports on a new study suggesting that clinical research education efforts in the community pharmacy can support clinical trial patient recruitment.