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Past Events 2011

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2011 Conference
Speaker Presentations and Program

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“Clinical Trials:
New Challenges
& Opportunities”

 

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The Friends of the National Library of Medicine (FNLM) and the National Library of Medicine (NLM), in association with the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), recently cosponsored a major conference to address the important topic of clinical trials: “Clinical Trials: New Challenges and Opportunities.” On Monday and Tuesday, June 6–7, the 2011 NLM/FNLM Conference explored the future of clinical trials, as part of the National Library of Medicine’s 175th Anniversary celebrations. Clinical trials are scientific studies that use human volunteers to help medical professionals find better ways to prevent, screen for, diagnose, or treat disease.

The conference, held at Lister Hill Center on the NIH campus in Bethesda, Md., will convene key government, industry, academic, and patient advocate representatives to discuss pressing issues in clinical trials, including:

  • Roles of NIH and ClinicalTrials.gov, the FDA, industry, and academia
  • Registration and results reporting at ClinicalTrials.gov
  • Effects of patient-driven digital networks on clinical research
  • Novel methodologies to improve efficiency and quality
  • Clinical research’s response to public health needs
  • Forging government-industry partnerships
  • Improving medical care by disseminating trial results

We hope that those members of the American public who are interested in the vital and evolving role of clinical trials will make plans to attend this conference.

 

2011 CONFERENCE PROGRAM

For speaker presentations, please click on the highlighted speaker names.

 

Monday, June 6, 2011

5:30 pm  

Reception
Cosmos Club • West Garden
2121 Massachusetts Ave., NW • Washington, DC 20008

6:30 pm

Welcome
Francis J. Bonner, Jr., MD
President, Friends of the National Library of Medicine

6:35 pm  

Remarks
Donald A.B. Lindberg, MD
Director, National Library of Medicine

6:40 pm

Introduction of Dr. Robert Califf
Deborah Zarin, MD
Director, ClinicalTrials.gov
National Library of Medicine

6:45 pm

Keynote Address
Assessing the National Portfolio of Clinical Trials:
How can we use ClinicalTrials.gov?
Robert Califf, MD
Vice Chancellor for Clinical Research
Duke University

7:30 pm

Dinner

 

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

7:30 am

Continental Breakfast and Registration
Lister Hill Center, National Library of Medicine,
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD

Session One: Enhancing Clinical Trials to Improve Health Care

8:15 am

Opening Remarks
Francis Collins, MD, PhD
Director, National Institutes of Health

8:30 am 

Remarks
Donald A.B. Lindberg, MD
Director, National Library of Medicine

8:40 am

Moving Towards Transparency in Clinical Trials
Deborah Zarin, MD
Director, ClinicalTrials.gov
National Library of Medicine

9:15 am 

Role of the FDA
Robert Temple, MD
Center Director for Clinical Science,
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research,
Food and Drug Administration

9:45 am 

Coffee Break

9:15 am 

Panel I: Partnering with Participants in Clinical Trials
Moderated by Joseph Perpich, MD, JD

Jerry Menikoff, MD, JD
Director, Office of Human Research Protections

Paul Wicks, PhD
Director of R&D, PatientsLikeMe

Craig Lipset
Director, Senior Director and Venture Partner
Pfizer

11:45 am 

Lunch

Session Two: Making Clinical Trials More Efficient and Effective

1:00 pm

Panel II: Doing Clinical Trials Better
Moderated by Andrew Balas, MD, PhD

Tim Garnett, MD
Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer,
Drug Development Center of Excellence,
Eli Lilly

Steven Goodman, MD, PhD
Professor, Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center

Garry Neil, MD
Corporate Office of Science and Technology
Johnson & Johnson, Inc.

2:30 pm

Coffee Break

2:45 pm

Panel III: Deciding Which Clinical Trials To Do
Moderated by Mark S. Frankel, PhD

Neil Buckholtz, PhD
Project Officer, Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative

Dan L. Longo, MD
Deputy Editor, New England Journal of Medicine

Freda Lewis-Hall, MD
Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer,
Pfizer, Inc.

4:15 pm

Coffee Break

4:30 pm

Panel IV: Using Clinical Trials To Improve Patient Care
Moderated by Deborah Zarin, MD

Garret FitzGerald, MD
Director, Institute of Translational Medicine and Therapeutics,
University of Pennsylvania

Joseph Lau, MD
Professor,
Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies,
Tufts Medical Center

6:00 pm

Conference Adjourns

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