Listed below are the upcoming seminars, lectures, and symposia that the CCTS has to offer at Ohio State. For information regarding upcoming research events at Nationwide Children's Hospital, view their events calendar.

Ethical Issues in Randomization

Clinical Trials Seminar Series
Presented by: Design, Biostatistics and Ethics Support and Training (DBEST)

NIH VideoCast Presented by:

Robert Truog, MD
Professor, Anesthesiology & Medical Ethics
Harvard Medical School

With Discussion lead by:

Carson Reider, PhD
Clinical Research Consultant, Center for Clinical and Translational Science
The Ohio State University

Wednesday, November 4, 2009
12:00 pm-1:00 pm
240 Prior Health Sciences Library (CCTS Collaboratory)
Center for Clinical and Translational Science
376 W. 10th Ave, Suite 205

Dr. Robert Troug who is Professor of Anesthesiology & Medical Ethics and Harvard Medical School presented a videocast entitled “Ethics of Randomized Trials: Clinical Equipoise,” October 28, 2009 as part of the National Institutes of Health’s research ethics lecture series. His case-study oriented presentation will be viewed followed by discussion hosted by Dr. Reider with attention focused on ‘clinical equipoise” as a primary ethical consideration of randomization as well as the ethics of study conduct under such conditions, i.e., study monitoring.

Carson Reider, PhD, a Clinical Research Consultant with the OSU Center for Clinical and Translational Science, provides protocol development support for investigators with particular focus on human subject concerns as they relate to study design, safety, recruitment, consent, and monitoring. He has 20+ years of experience in conducting epidemiological and clinical research studies, and has been the Research Subject Advocate for the OSU Clinical Research Center for the past 9 years. Dr. Reider received his masters in preventive medicine, and doctorate in epidemiology from OSU.

A CBPR Story: It started in the community and resulted in a scientific publication and a sequel

Mira Katz, PhD

Thursday, November 5, 2009
12:30 – 1:30 PM
Room 240 Prior Health Sciences Library

This is a quarterly seminar series on community engagement in research. Please join us to learn more about community-engaged research, share ideas, and network!

Mira Katz, PhD
Associate Professor of Health Behavior & Health Promotion
OSU College of Public Health

Dr. Katz’s research focuses on the communication issues associated with cancer prevention, early detection, and survivorship, especially among minority and underserved populations.

The presentation will focus on working with a community-based cancer coalition to conduct research. She will share the step-by-step process used to develop this partnership and provide hints on how to make community-engaged research work for academic researchers.

Questions? Contact Nancy Hood, 614-688-3478

The Seventh John C. Burnham Lecture in the History of Medicine/Science

"What Does the FDA Do? Regulations, Drug Markets and Medical Practice, 1906-2009"

Dr. Harry M. Marks
Elizabeth Treide & A. McGehee Harvey Professorship in the History of Medicine
Institute of the History of Medicine
The Johns Hopkins University

Thursday, November 5, 2009, 4:00 p.m.
Medical Heritage Center
Prior Health Sciences Library, Fifth Floor
376 West 10th Avenue

The lecture is co-sponsored by the Department of History and the Medical Heritage Center. This event is open to the public.

Contact Judith Wiener @ 293-9273 or Gail Summerhill @ 292-3001.

Download the official flier for more information