Objective: This short workshop will provide a basic orientation to clinical trial concepts and resources that are needed to begin to design a clinical trial.  Such concepts will include:

• types of research questions that can (and cannot) be addressed with clinical trials,
• definition of the study population (inclusion and exclusion criteria),
• identification and operationalization of trial outcomes,
• sample size estimation and power considerations,
• planning and resources available for data collection and management.  

The workshop will use lectures and break-out sessions allowing participants to apply concepts to their specific research question. We encourage participants to come with their own research questions to work through during class.

When & Where: Wednesday, April 02, 01:00 PM, USC UPC Leavey Library Auditorium Open To: Faculty and post-docs interested in evaluating research questions  

Speakers: Wendy Mack, PhD, professor of biostatistics in the Department of Preventive Medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC; director of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Resources at the Southern California Clinical & Translational Science Institute (SC CTSI); Christianne Lane, PhD, assistant professor of Biostatistics, SC CTSI

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