Webinars
Webinar: WHO launches new clinical trials guidance – What do I need to know?
Date & time: 13 December 2024 at 14:00 CET
Agenda:
- Opening remarks, Dr Jeremy Farrar, WHO Chief Scientist
- Presentation, Dr Vasee Moorthy, WHO Senior Advisor, Research for Health
- Q&A Session
Objectives:
- How can WHO enable your work in clinical research?
- Outline how stakeholders can use the guidance to advance patient-centered clinical research
- Discuss how implementation could lead to more enabling, more efficient clinical research ecosystems
- Raise awareness of a forthcoming Global Action Plan on Clinical Trial Ecosystem Strengthening
- Catalyse discussions on what stakeholder groups can do to take forward actions aligned with their strategies.
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Engaging with Communities - lessons learnt from Africa and the UK
9 December | 10:00 London | Register
Four Panel members working in community engagement in Africa and the United Kingdom will be sharing their experiences, challenges and top tips and having a discussion for the audience to join in. The webinar will be chaired by Annabelle South, who is the Policy and Impact Research Coordinator at the MRC Clinical Trials Unit (CTU) at UCL, London. We will hear from Lungile Jafta who works in Youth Engagement for Penta Foundation in South Africa, Bosco Mukasa who is the Community Advisory Board Liaison at the Joint Clinical Research Centre (JCRC) in Uganda, Noni Mumba who oversees Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) at the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) in Kilifi, Kenya and Kate Sturgeon who is the PPI Coordinator at the MRC CTU at UCL, London.
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WATCH RECORDING: HOW TO BE A GOOD DATA MANAGERA Panel of four experienced data managers from Vietnam, South Africa, Zimbabwe and the UK pass on their experience and top tips and audience discussion. The webinar was aimed at early or mid-career researchers who have some limited or more experience of being a data manager and might benefit from the discussions. |
WATCH RECORDING: MAKING THE BEST OF MENTORING‘Making the best of mentoring’' was the third in a series of webinars, each focusing on a different role in clinical trials. Please click here to find out more and join the scheme. |
Excerpts from webinar Making the best of Mentoring. Watch the full webinar above.
WATCH CLIP 1/4: Making the best of Mentoring - Prof. Shinjini Bhatnagar | WATCH CLIP 2/4: Making the best of Mentoring - Prof. Donna Chambers | WATCH CLIP 3/4: Making the best of Mentoring - Dr Eleanor Namusoke Magongo | WATCH CLIP 4/4: Making the best of Mentoring - Prof. Nadia A. Sam-Agudu |
Past webinars
WATCH RECORDING: INCREASING ACCESS TO TIMELY HAEMOGLOBIN RESULTS:UNLOCKING THE POTENTIAL OF POINT-OF-CARE TESTS (HELD ON 18 DECEMBER 2023 10:00-11:00AM BST)Access to timely haemoglobin test results is vital for managing patients with severe anaemia. However, in many places it can take hours to receive haemoglobin test results, or the tests may often be unavailable. Point-of-care tests have the potential to provide swift results to enable clinicians to decide which patients require blood transfusions. Despite this, they are not yet widely available in hospitals in low- and middle-income countries. This webinar will explore the potential of these devices for improving outcomes for people with severe anaemia. It will cover a systematic review of which tests are currently being used in low- and middle-income settings, including the challenges around their use. It will also include the perspective of a clinician working in a regional referral hospital around how point-of-care haemoglobin tests can facilitate timely clinical decision-making, improving the chances for children with severe anaemia. |
WATCH RECORDING: HOW TO BE A GOOD TRIAL MANAGER (HELD ON 4 OCTOBER 2023 10:00-11:00AM BST)‘How to be a good Trial Manager’ is the second in a series of webinars each focusing on a different role in clinical trials. In this webinar, a panel of four experienced Trial Managers from Africa, Asia, and Europe shared valuable insights, personal experiences, and top tips. Following the presentations, there was an interactive discussion where the audience had the opportunity to ask questions and engage with the speakers. This webinar was for early or mid-career researchers who have some experience of being a study or site Trial Manager and wished to enhance their skills. |
WATCH RECORDING: HOW TO BE A GOOD PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR (PI) (HELD ON 7TH JUNE 2023 10:00-11:00AM BST)‘How to be a Good Principal Investigator (PI)’ is the first in a new series of webinars each focusing on a different role in clinical trials. A panel of four experienced PIs from Africa and Europe shared valuable insights, personal experiences, and top tips before an interactive discussion session where the audience had an opportunity to ask questions and engage with the speakers. The webinar was aimed at early or mid-career researchers who have some experience of being a study or site PI and wish to enhance their skills. |
WATCH RECORDING: NOVEL TRIAL DESIGNS FOR OLD PROBLEMS (HELD ON 19TH MAY 2023 10:00-11:00AM BST)Professor Sarah Walker presents a series of novel trial design examples that address some of the relevant limitations of current trial designs to antibiotic trials and highlights the need for more innovative approaches to address the unique problems posed by bacterial infections. |