Presenters: Suki Padda, MD, Instructor of Medicine (Oncology); Sunil Reddy, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine (Oncology)
Presenter: David Kurtz, MD, Clinical Fellow in Oncology; Kristen Ganjoo, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine (Oncology)
Presenter: Kavitha Ramchandran, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Oncology
Stanford University
Kavitha Ramchandran, MD, graduated with an undergraduate degree in Human Biology from Stanford University, did medical school and residency training in medicine at University of California, San Francisco and completed her fellowship in Medical Oncology and Palliative Medicine at Northwestern University, Chicago. She joined faculty at Stanford University in 2007. Currently she is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Oncology and Division of General Medical Disciplines.
Dr. Ramchandran is recognized for her contributions as a leader in the integration of palliative and oncology care. Dr. Ramchandran is one of a small number of dual trained faculty who are working to build synergies between the fields of oncology and palliative medicine in the areas of supportive care research, and novel models of care. She now serves as Stanford Cancer Institute’s Transformation Design lead for improving the palliative care experience for patients with a cancer diagnosis. She is also the Medical Director of Palliative Medicine at Stanford Cancer Institute.
In her care of patients Dr. Ramchandran values a deep relationship with the families she cares for. She provides care that is aligned with the patient and family’s personal values with the goal of the best quality of life possible.
Dr. Ramchandran’s research focuses on developing care delivery models that incorporate values (patients, family members, and clinicians), as well as novel means of palliative care education. She also is part of an active thoracic oncology trials group recruiting patients for clinical trials using novel therapeutics.
Dr. Ramchandran currently serves on the Patient and Survivor Care Committee for the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the National Comprehensive Cancer Network Palliative Care task force. She serves as a clinician in thoracic oncology and in palliative medicine at Stanford Cancer Institute.
Presenter: Dr. Umar Mahmood, MD
Vice Chair for Precision Imaging in the Department of Radiology at Massachusetts General Hospital and Professor of Radiology at Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Mahmood’s research has focused on translational applications of molecular imaging to guide precision medicine, with an emphasis on the tumor microenvironment, cancer signaling pathways, changes in cancer metabolism, and the interaction of the immune system with tumors. He is interested in applying image information for disease characterization and optimization of individual treatment response. In addition to his work at MGH, he is Chair of the Board of Scientific Counselors of the NIH Clinical Center. He serves on the Board of Directors and Board of Trustees of RSNA, and serves on the Board of Directors and as Chair of the Scientific Program Committee of SNMMI.
ABSTRACT: Historically, many of the gains in medicine have been achieved by uniformly applying medical insights to large groups of patients. A combination of increasing biological understanding of the heterogeneity of disease processes and the concurrent expansion of available selective therapeutic interventions has provided the opportunity to improve group outcomes by optimizing treatment on an individual basis. In many cases, molecular imaging is ideally suited to serve as a biomarker to guide therapy selection and dosing, and to provide an early assessment of efficacy. This presentation highlights by example several areas in which imaging helps determine target engagement, dynamic cellular response to treatment, and the effectiveness of immune modulation in oncologic treatment.
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Presenter: Kiera Davis, RN, BSN
The mission of the Stanford Center for Clinical Research (SCCR) includes offering educational resources, training, and support for investigators and research staff. We have invited the Clinical Associate Director of Education and Training, Kiera Davis, RN, BSN, to present you with the history of human subjects research protection.
At the conclusion of this class, you will be able to:
- Understand the definition of human subjects research and exemptions
- Differentiate between human subjects and non-human subjects research
- Review the NIH decision tree for clinical trial
- Review the historical background of HSR and the corresponding principles, regulations and GCP
- Describe the most common forms on noncompliance/violations
Attendance is open to all research staff
About the Instructor:
Kiera Davis, RN, BSN joined Stanford University in 2015 and is the Clinical Associate Director of Education and Training in the Stanford Center for Clinical Research. She has worked in clinical research for 10 years at Stanford University and at the Duke Clinical Research Institute. Kiera obtained a BA in History from Boston University in 2006 followed by a BS in Nursing from Duke University. She worked as a Clinical Nurse II in the pediatric cardiac intensive care unit at Duke Hospital followed by two years as a travel nurse, working at Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, Colorado Children’s in Denver, CO, Stanford Children’s Hospital, and Seattle Children’s Hospital. She is currently working towards a Master’s of Science in Clinical Research from Campbell University with projected graduation in Spring 2022.
BRN OPTIONAL
Spectrum is an approved provider by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP15435 for 1.5 contact hour(s).
To receive your certificate with BRN credit, you are required to complete an evaluation at the conclusion of this class.
BRN Cancellation Policy: If you wish to cancel your registration, please contact Susan Saba at ssaba@stanford.edu.
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Presenters: Allison Gerger and Dianne Ferris
The mission of the Stanford Center for Clinical Research (SCCR) includes offering educational resources, training, and support for investigators and research staff. We have invited Allison Gerger, and, Dianne Ferris, from Stanford Research Compliance Office (RCO) to present you with the definitions that the Institutional Review Board (IRB) uses to make human subjects research determinations and review types of projects that do not meet these definitions. This course will include real-world examples to test participants’ knowledge, as well as provide resources for use in the future.
At the conclusion of this class, you will be able to:
- Better understand the definitions the IRB uses to make these determinations
- Recognize examples of common projects that do NOT meet the definitions of human subject research
- Submit to the Stanford IRB for HSR determination in e-Protocol
- Locate human subjects research-related guidance on our website
- Determine who to contact should you have any questions in the future
Attendance is open to all research staff
About the Instructors:
Dianne Ferris, is a Sr. Quality and Compliance Manager within the Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) division of the RCO. She joined Stanford in this role in 2018 and conducts various quality and compliance reviews within the IRB as well as external consent form audits and compliance reviews. Dianne earned a Master’s Degree in Pharmacology and Toxicology from Dartmouth Medical School with a focus on carcinogenesis and growth factor signaling. After graduating, she worked for Dartmouth’s IRB Office for 6 years as a Senior IRB Analyst, and then moved to their Cancer Center as their Regulatory and Compliance Officer. Dianne has a special interest and expertise in writing consent forms and conducting effective consent discussions and has presented on this topic at various conferences around the country.
Allison Gerger, is the Program Development Lead for the Research Compliance Office (RCO). She leads the Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) division, which is responsible for designing, overseeing, and implementing a program to evaluate, track, and monitor the effectiveness of the Stanford RCO to ensure the rights and welfare of research subjects and compliance with applicable laws. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from Gannon University, Master of Public Health in Epidemiology from the University of Pittsburgh, and Registered Nurse licensure from the Community College of Allegheny County. Allison has over 15 years of combined experience in research, research administration, and research compliance.
BRN OPTIONAL
Spectrum is an approved provider by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP15435 for 1.5 contact hour(s).
To receive your certificate with BRN credit, you are required to complete an evaluation at the conclusion of this class.
BRN Cancellation Policy: If you wish to cancel your registration, please contact Susan Saba at ssaba@stanford.edu.
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Challenged by Study Participant Recruitment/Retention?
Participant recruitment is one of the greatest challenges to successful clinical research. The Stanford Medicine Research Participant Engagement Program provides resources and tools to engage participants as partners in research, within Stanford and beyond. Topics will include recruitment consultations, honest broker Direct Email and Epic MyChart outreach, and the Stanford Research Registry (a database of individuals interested in being contacted for research). Additionally, a partnership with StudyPages enables study teams to create participant-friendly sign-up webpages and access online participant management and communication tools. These services are available for engaging both healthy volunteers and patients with different conditions, from all ages and backgrounds.
Objectives:
- Learn about innovative participant engagement strategies available for your study
- Understand “honest broker”, and “opt-out” vs “opt-in” models of participant recruitment and pros/cons
- Consider ways to foster a research culture that is participant-centric and participant-empowered
Speakers:
Katherine Connors, MPH, Associate Director
Katherine has worked in clinical research at Stanford since 2010 and has a background in public health. She leads the Research Participant Engagement Program which aims to engage participants as partners in research, via outreach within Stanford and beyond. Katherine is passionate about increasing awareness of the importance of research participation and leveraging shared expertise to engage diverse patient populations and communities in research.
Andrea Bolanos, MPH, Program Coordinator
Andrea is a bilingual program coordinator and has a background in public health, specifically community public health practice. She works alongside Katherine, focusing on participant engagement consultations, honest broker outreach, research registry, Spanish translations, and community outreach. Andrea is passionate about engaging underrepresented and diverse populations in research.
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The mission of the Stanford Center for Clinical Research (SCCR) includes offering educational resources, training, and support for investigators and research staff. We have invited the speakers Wei-ting Chen, PhD, Dongmei Tan, MPH, Cristina Natali Mancera, MA, to provide you with an introduction on community engaged research (CEnR), including the definition of CEnR, the benefits of CEnR, important principles of conducting CEnR, and supportive resources available for research teams at Stanford Medicine. The speakers will focus on the role of the clinical research coordinator or project manager in facilitating partnerships between study partners, study participants, and PI/investigators/study team(s). The workshop will also include interactive activities to engage the attendees and deepen their understanding of Community Engaged Research.
By attending this workshop, you will be able to:
- Understand community engaged research and how it differs from community-based research, and why medical and clinical research benefit from it
- Understand important principles of conducting CEnR
- Learn about the support resources for CEnR at Stanford Medicine
- Identify funding opportunities for CEnR
- Receive practical tips and ideas for working with community partners and principal investigators on CEnR projects.
Attendance is open to all research staff
Speakers:
Wei-ting Chen, PhD, Executive Director, Office of Community Engagement at Stanford Medicine, and Food for Health Equity Lab:
Wei-ting has over 10 years of experience in developing academic-community partnerships for research and service learning projects, with a specific emphasis on building health equity. She joined Stanford Medicine in 2019 and previously worked at the University of California Cooperative Extension System as a county-based faculty. Wei-ting received her PhD in sociology from the Johns Hopkins University.
Dongmei Tan, Community-Engaged Research Manager, Maternal & Child Health Research Institute (MCHRI) at Stanford School of Medicine:
Under the Office of Community-Engaged Research (CEnR), Dongmei leads the efforts of mapping CEnR resources across campus, building partnership with other offices and community partners, providing technical assistance to researcher and partners, and developing CEnR related trainings and toolkits. Dongmei joined Stanford in May 2022 from the San Francisco Department of Public Health where she had worked since 2015. She has extensive experience in community-engagement, health education, and management of large health programs including CDC Health Disparities grants and the SF Soda Tax community grants. She also has an enthusiasm for social justice and health equity work.
Cristina Natalí Mancera, M.A., Community Engagement Capacity Building Program Manager, Office of Community Engagement at Stanford Medicine:
Cristina leads professional development programming to build capacity for community-academic research partnerships. She joined Stanford Medicine in October 2022 and previously lectured in Kinesiology at California State University, Los Angeles, highlighting community-engaged research in STEM topics, historical contexts of distrust, cultural competencies, and the real possibilities of actionable change.
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The mission of the Stanford Center for Clinical Research (SCCR) includes offering educational resources, training, and support for investigators and research staff. We have invited the speakers, Katherine J. Connors, MPH, Andrea Karina Bolanos, MPH, from the Stanford Medicine Research Participant Engagement Program (RPEP), to provide you with the resources and tools to engage participants as partners in research, within Stanford and beyond. Participant recruitment is one of the greatest challenges to successful clinical research.
By attending this workshop, you will be able to:
- Learn about innovative participant engagement strategies available for your study
- Consider ways to foster a research culture that is participant-centric and participant-empowered
- Learn and discuss ways to disseminate results to study participants
Speakers:
Katherine Connors, MPH, Associate Director
Katherine has worked in clinical research at Stanford since 2010 and has a background in public health. She leads the Research Participant Engagement Program which aims to engage participants as partners in research, via outreach within Stanford and beyond. Katherine is passionate about increasing awareness of the importance of research participation and leveraging shared expertise to engage diverse patient populations and communities in research.
Andrea Bolanos, MPH, Program Coordinator
Andrea is a bilingual program coordinator and has a background in public health, specifically community public health practice. She works alongside Katherine, focusing on participant engagement consultations, honest broker outreach, research registry, Spanish translations, and community outreach. Andrea is passionate about engaging underrepresented and diverse populations in research.