Greater Los Angeles Area


Welcome to the SOCRA Greater Los Angeles Area Chapter page. Information for the latest meeting is below. If you have any questions, please reach out to the Chapter Chairperson or the SOCRA office at office@socra.org.


SOCRA Greater Los Angeles Chapter 

CHAPTER MEETING

Date: 3/24/2025 (Monday)

Time:  1:00 am to 2:00 am (Eastern Time)

            10:00 am to 11:00 am (Pacific Time)

Location: Zoom meeting link:

https://cityofhope.zoom.us/j/96657290360?pwd=MsGxcicaKAMcptHlJ8hS9qZNbj4GW4.1

Meeting ID: 966 5729 0360

Meeting Password: 12345

Title / Topic: Ethical Issues in Clinical Trials and Healthcare – Part 1 of 3

Speaker: Art Gertel, PhD

After 35 years serving in the pharmaceutical and related industries, Dr. Gertel established an independent and collaborative strategic regulatory consultancy - applying drug/device development, medical writing, bioethics, Data Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB), and IRB expertise. Dr. Gertel brings over forty years of increasingly senior-level positions in the Pharmaceutical industry and leadership roles in professional organizations, as well as with collaborative efforts focusing on the improvement of the research, development, review, and approval of new therapeutics, vaccines, and diagnostics. He is a Registered Agent to US FDA.

He has also been active in the arena of bioethics in the context of clinical trials, teaching seminars on the topic in academia, industry, and for professional associations. Thus, he brings an important perspective in the context of ensuring protection of study participants.

Learning Objective(s):

  • Overview of standards of protection of human research subjects
  • Understanding of Nuremburg Conventions, Declaration of Helsinki, Belmont Report, ICH
  • Application of regulatory authority guidance and regulation pertaining to oversight and responsibility
  • Review of case studies pertaining to human research and healthcare decision-making

NOTE: Students will be asked to prepare for this seminar by reviewing case studies to be discussed in the course of the session.

Continuing Education (CE): SOCRA members may claim 1.0 CE credit per hour of education. SOCRA members will receive Certificates of Attendance two weeks after the completion of the event.

 

All SOCRA members and non-SOCRA members are welcomed.

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Chapter Chairs:

Susan Hmwe, CCRP
Phone: 626-256-HOPE  ext 64726
shmwe@coh.org
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Firdos Shaikh, CCRP
Phone: 626-256-HOPE  ext 64726
fshaikh@coh.org
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Chapter Co-Chairs:

Olivia Bravo, CCRP

obravo@coh.org

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Rubi Linares-Orozco, CCRP
rlinaresorozco@coh.org
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