7:30 - 7:50

Registration - Continental Breakfast with coffee/tea

7:50 - 8:00

Welcome from Western New York Chapter of SOCRA

Virginia Doran, MBA, BS, MLT, CCRP

     SOCRA Director; SoCRA Chair, WNY Chapter

     Sr. Administrator, Study Submission and Regulatory Affairs

     and Multisite Coordination & Quality Assurance

8:00 - 9:00

Title: "Clinical Research Budget Development and Compliance"

Presenter: Michele Cooper, RN, BSN - CRS Budget/Compliance Specialist

Objectives:

1. To provide insight into the who, what, when, why and how of the Medicare Coverage Analysis along with calendar development
2. To provide participants with a basic understand of the Clinical Trial billing rules

9:00 - 10:00

Title: "Myeloproliferative Neoplasm Clinical Trial Portfolio at Roswell Park"

Presenter: Amro Elshoury, MD - Leukemia Service

Objectives:

1. Identifying barriers to study accruals  
2. How to use our resources to increase accrual rate 

10:00-10:15

Break

10:15 - 11:15

Title: "How Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming Clinical Trial recruitment (The ROI of AI)"  

Presenter: Gareth Kenton, Director Clinical & Academic Partnerships (East), Deep 6 AI

Objectives:

1. Explore the challenges in patient recruitment for clinical trials
2. Explore the impact of AI on hospitals, researchers, physicians, patients, and sponsors
3. Discuss how AI can be used to efficiently match patients for clinical trials
4. Review case studies illustrating how applying the correct AI can drastically improve efficiency

11:15 - 12:00

Title: "Chemokine Modulation Clinical Trials at Roswell Park"

Presenter: Shipra Gandhi, MD - Breast Service

Objectives:

1. Chemokine modulation strategy
2. Ongoing clinical trials

Question and Answer - Closing Remarks