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Registration is open until May 1^st.
For more information please see attached flyer and go to: https://www.dcr.unibe.ch/resources__training/dcr_medical_grant_writing_program_for_clinicians/index_eng.html
Flyer: DCR Medical Grant Writing Program for Clinicians

Working towards efficient clinical data-driven research in Switzerland

This year’s SCTO Symposium is dedicated to the topic «Working towards efficient clinical data-driven research in Switzerland» and will take place in Lausanne on Tuesday, 11 June. 
For more information and to register click here.

Please contact us until April 14^th for a consulting so we can support you in developing your study idea: Info.dcr@unibe.ch
More information on the call and the whole process can be found here.

27.02.2024 – Almost 80% of projects submitted to the ethics committees are not clinical trials, but human research projects falling under the HRO (Human Research Ordinance). These are observational studies and further use projects, and as the range of possible projects is large, it is often challenging to keep track of qualitative, regulatory and legal requirements. A new training format offers help to navigate the project-jungle: The HRO lunch sessions provide practical and concise information about main topics related to HRO projects and offers plenty of room for researcher’s questions. More information and the links for registration can be found here.

«Tackling Lasagna’s law: perspectives on clinical trial enrolment from three recent projects»
Referierende:

• PD Dr. med. Manuel Blum, Universitätsklinik für Allgemeine Innere Medizin, Inselspital
• Prof. Dr. med. Daniel Fuster, Universitätsklinik für Nephrologie und Hypertonie, Inselspital
• Dr. phil. Anna Schöni, Berner Institut für Hausarztmedizin (BIHAM), Universität Bern

Weitere Informationen zu den Lectures und der Registrierung finden Sie hier.

wird jetzt die Anmeldung für die Studienteilnahme am Cannabispilotversuch in den Städten Bern und Biel wie geplant eröffnet. Interessierte Cannabis-Konsumierende können sich noch bis zum 12.12.2023 auf der Website registrieren. Bitte lesen Sie hier weiter.

Melde dich zur Studienteilnahme und finde heraus, ob der reaction-Drink dir Power verleiht – frei nach dem Motto «nicht besser, aber schneller»!

Samstag, 2. Dezember 2023, «Tag der offenen Tür» sitem-insel
Department of Clinical Research, 1. OG Ost
Studienteilnahme: 10.00 − 14.00 Uhr, Auswertung laufend bis 16.00 Uhr
Für weitere Infos bitte hier klicken.

Samara completed her PhD in Biomedical Sciences at the Institute of Pharmacology at the University of Bern and thereafter worked in the quality department at CSL Behring in Bern, where she was mainly involved in the deviation management of final pharmaceutical products. After conducting basic research and quality evaluations of final products, she now wishes to learn as much as possible about one of the intermediate steps during the development of new medicinal products – clinical trials. Therefore, she is very excited to start her new role as Clinical Trial Monitor.

Now she is looking forward to learning more about clinical research and expanding her skills in her position as a Junior Research Assistant in the Clinical Data Monitoring team.
Welcome Johanna!

Dienstag, 14. November 2023
9.00 bis 10.00 Uhr, Auditorium Maurice E. Müller, Operationstrakt Ost (OpO)!
Titel: «ORCA – QM-Applikation als Support für die Qualitätssicherung in der Forschung»
Referent: Michael Lensch, Fachexperte Qualitätsmanagement, Inselspital, Universitätsspital Bern, Direktion Lehre und Forschung
Anmeldung: bis 9. November 2023 unter: studytalk@insel.ch

To access the invitation and the detailed program, please click here.

Titel: Genetics for Precision Drug Development
Referent: Vincent Mooser, MD, Canada Excellence Research Chair in Genomic Medicine, Department of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal QC

Please find more information about the lectures here.

Referent: André Moser, Senior Statistician, CTU Bern
Die Vortragssprache ist Deutsch.

Dienstag, 5. September 2023
9.00 bis 10.00 Uhr, Kinderklinik A, Kursraum 1, Inselspital
Titel: «Umgang mit vulnerablen Personen in der klinischen Forschung»
Referent: Prof. em. Dr. med. Christian Seiler, Präsident der Kantonalen
Ethikkommission Bern (KEK)
Anmeldung: bis 1. September 2023 unter: studytalk@insel.ch

They offer individual support and training sessions as well as workshops based on your needs for you and your team on request.
Please click here for more information, the registration links, and the flyer.

Referierende:
-  Prof. Eva Segelov, Director of the Department of Clinical Research; -  Sarah Berner, Project PPI, Department of Clinical Research; -  Ein Forscher und ein Mitglied des DCR Patient Panel

13.06.2023 «Patient and Public Involvement in der klinischen Forschung»
Referentinnen: Tamara Kohler, PPI Project Manager, Swiss Clinical Trial Organisation (SCTO) / Sarah Berner, PPI Project Officer, Department of Clinical Research (DCR)
09:00 Uhr bis 10:00 Uhr, Kinderklinik A, Kursraum 1, Inselspital
Anmeldung: bis 9. Juni 2023 unter: studytalk@insel.ch

as compared with late initiation of anticoagulation in patients suffering from ischemic stroke with atrial fibrillation. Results have now been published in the New England Journal of Medicine and question recommendations in current guidelines. Click here to read more.

Registration is open until May 19th. Application decisions can be expected by May 23rd.
For more information please see attached flyer and go to: https://www.dcr.unibe.ch/events/dcr_medical_grant_writing_program_for_clinicians/index_eng.html.

  Thursday, 7 December 2023, 12.00-18.00
  Langhans Auditorium, Inselspital, Bern

Please find more information about the workshops and keynote speakers in the flyer below.

A new study now published in the journal The New England Journal of Medicine calls this therapy into question. CTU Bern was involved in the planning, data management, monitoring, project management and statistical analyses of the trial. For more information click here.

During these five days, participants gain an insight into Data Management, Monitoring, Statistics, Clinical Study Management, Quality Management and the work of the Clinical Investigation Unit. The offer is primarily aimed at people who have to complete an internship as part of their CAS course (e.g. CAS Clinical Research or CAS in Clinical Trial Management). The next work shadowing will take place from 27 to 31 March 2023, where two places are still available. If you are interested, please contact info@ctu.unibe.ch

There was no evidence for a survival difference between patients who received a shorter treatment (<10 days) vs a longer treatment (more than 10 days). The study used retrospective data from two tertiary care intensive care units in Switzerland (Inselspital Bern and CHUV Lausanne). CTU Bern was involved in the statistical analysis of the study. More information can be found here.