HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL Office of Global Education
Introduction to Clinical Research Training Program | ICRT
Workshop I
Sunday, December 6 - Tuesday, December 8, 2015
Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Academic Medical Center
Dubai Healthcare City, Building 14, Dubai, UAE
© 2015 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College
Introduction to Clinical Research Training (ICRT) First Workshop, December 6 – 8, 2014
Maktoum Academic Medical Center Dubai Healthcare City
Sunday, December 6 8:00 am Registration 8:45 am Welcome and Workshop Overview
Dr. Kenneth B. Christopher Director, ICRT Program Harvard Medical School
9:00 am Why Do Clinical Research?
Dr. Kenneth B. Christopher 9:45 am Importance of the Research Question
Dr. Kenneth B. Christopher 10:30 am Break 11:00 am Introduction to Clinical Epidemiology (Part 1)
Dr. Miguel Hernan Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
12:00 pm Lunch 1:00 pm Introduction to Biostatistics
Dr. Vanessa Garcia-Larsen Imperial College
2:30 pm Introduction to Clinical Epidemiology (Part 2)
Dr. Miguel Hernan 3:30 pm Break 4:00 pm Ethical Approval and Academic Collaborations in the Middle East
Dr. Kenneth B. Christopher 5:00 pm Adjourn 5:30 pm Welcome Reception
Monday, December 7 8:45 am Announcements
Dr. Kenneth B. Christopher 9:00 am Introduction to Data Analysis using Stata (Part 1)
Dr. Vanessa Garcia-Larsen 10:00 am Break 10:30 am Introduction to Data Analysis using Stata (Part 2)
Dr. Vanessa Garcia-Larsen 12:00 pm Lunch 1:00 pm Canvas Workshop Rachel Lund Education Manager, ICRT Program 1:20 pm Ethical Approval and Academic Collaborations Dr. Kenneth Christopher 2:00 pm Funding Opportunities in the MENA Countries (Middle East and North Africa) Dr. Hilal A. Lashuel, Qatar Biomedical Research
Dr. Sehamuddin H. Galadari, Al-Jalila Foundation Dr. Nasreen Adamjee, HMS Center for Global Health Delivery - Dubai
3:00 pm Break 3:30 pm Research in the MENA Countries: Priorities, Challenges and Opportunities
Dr. Vanessa Garcia-Larsen 5:00 pm Welcome Reception
Tuesday, December 8 8:45 am Announcements
Dr. Kenneth B. Christopher 9:00 am Writing a Research Proposal (Page 1)
Dr. Kenneth B. Christopher 10:00 am Break 10:30 am Preparing a Specific Aims page
(TEAM EXERCISE) Teams 1 – 4: Dr. Kenneth B. Christopher Teams 5 – 8: Dr. Vanessa Garcia-Larsen Teams 9 – 11: Dr. Miguel Hernan
12:00 noon Lunch 1:00 pm Preparing a Specific Aims page
(TEAM EXERCISE - PRESENTATIONS) Teams 1 – 4: Dr. Kenneth B. Christopher Teams 5 – 8: Dr. Vanessa Garcia-Larsen Teams 9 – 11: Dr. Miguel Hernan
2:30 pm Break 3:00 pm Keys to Presenting Your Work
Dr. Kenneth B. Christopher (Introduction and Justification) Dr. Vanessa Garcia-Larsen (Methods, Tables and Graphs) Dr. Miguel Hernan (Discussion, Packaging and Conclusion)
4:00 pm Assignment 1 Information Session
Dr. Kenneth B. Christopher 4:30 pm CONCLUSION
HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL Office of Global and Continuing Education
Introduction to Clinical Research Training Program | ICRT
Workshop II and Graduation
Sunday, May 15 - Tuesday, May 17, 2016
Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Academic Medical Center
Dubai Healthcare City, Building 14, Dubai, UAE
© 2016 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College
Harvard Medical School Introduction to Clinical Research Training (ICRT)
Second Workshop, May 15 - 17, 2016
Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Academic Medical Center
Dubai Healthcare City, Building 14, Dubai, UAE SUNDAY, MAY 15
8:15 am Registration 8:45 am Welcome and Workshop Overview
Dr. Kenneth Christopher, Director, ICRT Program
9:00 am Launching a Clinical Research Career – First Steps
Dr. Sadeq Quraishi
9:30 am Nuts and Bolts of Systematic Reviews
Dr. Vanessa Garcia-Larsen
10:30 am Networking Break
11:00 am Nuts and Bolts of Meta-Analyses
Dr. Vanessa Garcia-Larsen
12:00 pm Networking Lunch
1:00 pm Reviewing a Paper Team Exercise - The SEEK Study
Dr. Vanessa Garcia-Larsen, Dr. Sadeq Quraishi, and Dr. Kenneth Christopher
3:00 pm Networking Break
3:30 pm Epidemiologic Approaches to Confounding Dr. Vanessa Garcia-Larsen
4:30pm ICRT Alumni Presentations
Moderator: Dr. Kenneth Christopher ICRT Alumni: Shaista Hussein, Omar Soliman, Ahmed Salem Discussants: Dr. Alawi Alsheikh-Ali, Dean at College of Medicine, Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dubai, UAE
Dr. Sehamuddin Galadari, Al-Jalila Foundation, Dubai, UAE Dr. Nasreen Adamjee, HMS Center for Global Health Delivery, Dubai, UAE
5:15 pm Student, Faculty and Alumni Networking Reception 6:00 pm Adjourn
MONDAY, MAY 16
8:45 am Announcements Dr. Kenneth Christopher
9:00 am Creating a Research Database
Dr. Kenneth Christopher
9:45 am Obtaining Ethical Approval
Dr. Sadeq Quraishi 10:30 am Networking Break
10:45 am Study Design Team Exercise
Dr. Vanessa Garcia-Larsen, Dr. Sadeq Quraishi, and Dr. Kenneth Christopher
12:00 pm Networking Lunch
1:00 pm Mentorship (with case studies)
Dr. Kenneth Christopher
2:30 pm Networking Break
3:00 pm CV Preparation Workshop
Dr. Vanessa Garcia-Larsen, Dr. Sadeq Quraishi, and Dr. Kenneth Christopher
5:00 pm Adjourn
TUESDAY, MAY 17
8:45 am Announcements
Dr. Kenneth Christopher
9:00 am Secondary Analyses of Clinical Trials
Dr. Sadeq Quraishi
11:00 am Networking Break
11:30 am Launching a Clinical Research Career – Next Steps
Dr. Kenneth Christopher Followed by moderated discussion with Dr. Vanessa Garcia-Larsen, Dr. Sadeq Quraishi, and Dr. Kenneth Christopher
12:30 pm Networking Lunch
2:30 pm Graduation Ceremony
2:30 pm – Welcome
2:40 pm – ICRT Director’s Welcome: Dr. Kenneth Christopher
2:50 pm – Student Speaker: Dr. Ruwa Al Jarah
3:00 pm – Keynote Speaker: Dr. Ali Abdul Kareem Al Obaidli, Chief Clinical Officer, SEHA
3:20 pm – Certificate Awarding Ceremony
4:00 pm – Group Photograph
4:15 pm – Reception
5:30 pm – Adjourn
The Harvard Medical School
Introduction to Clinical Research Training Program | ICRT
Tuesday, May 17, 2016
2:30 p.m.
The Mohammed Bin Rashid Academic Medical Center, Dubai, UAE
PROGRAPROGRAPROGRAMMM
WELCOME
Kenneth B. Christopher, MD, SM
Director, ICRT Program
Office of Global and Continuing Education, Harvard Medical School
STUDENT SPEAKER
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Dr. Ali Abdul Kareem Al Obaidli
Chief Clinical Officer
Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (SEHA)
PRESENTATION OF CERTIFICATES
GROUP PHOTO & RECEPTION to follow in the Lobby of the Mohammed Bin Rashid Academic Medical Center
