CENTER FOR CLINICAL TRIALS SEMINAR SERIES

A monthly seminar series designed to stimulate ideas and discussion on methodologic topics, ethical issues, and controversial trials.

Wednesdays 8:30 am - 9:30 am
Bloomberg School of Public Health
Room W2030*

Schedule for 2009-2010

02 Sep	Trials of diet and lifestyle modification: Food fights and other battles Lawrence Appel, MD, MPH watch and listen to the presentation
07 Oct	Early phase clinical cancer trials: Where the rubber hits the road Stuart Grossman, MD listen to the presentation
11 Nov	Lost in translation: Designing more informative clinical trials for healthcare decision makers Sean Tunis, MD, MSc
02 Dec	Trial of indoor air pollution reduction on pneumonia and low birthweight in Nepal: The Nepal Cookstove Intervention Trial James Tielsch, PhD
06 Jan	Stopping a trial early when a composite outcome shows benefit - who wins and who loses? Janet Turk Wittes, PhD
03 Feb	Can we believe any surgical trials? Expertise bias and other challenges in their conduct Mohit Bhandari, MD, MSc
03 Mar	The trials of health informatic trials Chris Gibbons, MD
07 Apr	Mixed-treatment meta-analysis for promoting comparative effectiveness research Christopher Schmid, PhD
05 May	Title to be announced Jennifer Haythornthwaite, PhD
02 June	TBA

2008/2009 Past Seminars

**Special Seminar**
*Note: Room subject to change