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.
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):
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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