CDISC Educational Objectives
To further advance the mission of the consortium with respect to the development and dissemination of standard data models throughout the industry, CDISC has developed specialized training programs. The goals of these programs are to provide training and education on the theory and practice of using the CDISC standards and to provide the tools and information needed to implement these within organizations.

Upcoming Education Courses

** Non-Members - Join CDISC prior to registration to take advantage of the course discounts.
Go to http://www.cdisc.org/membership/index.html for more information on joining CDISC.

Wondering How the New Data Standards Will Affect Your Organization?

Here's an event you won't want to miss. It's a revealing two-day workshop where the FDA and major pharma companies will give you what you'll need to know about integrating CDISC and HL7 into your company, into your operations, into your clinical activities.This unique program is sponsored by CDISC itself, the non-profit organization responsible for developing the industry standards for exchanging, submitting, and archiving clinical trial data.

The workshops are also adjunct to CDISC's Education Courses. Register now to reserve one or more seats for your organization. To maintain a manageable learning environment, enrollment must be limited. So if you have any need to learn about CDISC and HL7 implementation, we suggest you enroll now. To register email Shirley Williams at swilliams@cdisc.org. Call 512-341-9885 for more information.

Sorry, we must restrict registration to regulatory, IT and clinical data professionals, as well as pharma and biotech clinical researchers.

Learn How to Profit >From These Standards in Your Organization

In just two days of intensive training, you will know more about CDISC, HL7, XML -- and what the FDA is saying about them, than most pharmaceutical professionals -- and know precisely how to make them work together for your organization's operations. This world-class team will guide you through the intricacies of standards integration -- no matter what data protocols or software you're using now. Instead of poring over detailed standards documentation yourself, you will get the streamlined, simplified story straight from professionals who actually use and understand CDISC, HL7 and XML in the real world, in actual applications. It's faster, and more efficient.

Hundreds of satisfied participants in this seminar series since it was first offered in July 2003.

Taught by the industry's leading standards experts. Your instructors are:

*your Program Chair, Michael Palmer, President, Zurich Biostatistics Inc. and,
In California:

* Rebecca Kush, PhD, President, CDISC

* Steven Gitterman, MD, PhD, Deputy Director, Special Pathogen and Immunologic Drug Products, CDER, FDA

* Wes Rishel, Immediate Past Chair, HL7, Vice President, Research Area Director, Gartner Research, Healthcare and,

* Seema Handu, PhD, President & CEO, PharmQuest Corporation
In New Hope, Pennsylvania:

* Norman Stockbridge, MD, PhD, Deputy Director, Division of Cardio-Renal Drug Products, CDER, FDA

* Frank Newby, Vice President, Education/Member Relations, CDISC

* Liora Alschuler, HL7 committee Chair and Consultant, alschuler.spinosa, East Thetford, Vermont

From industry:
In California:

* Patricia Gerend, Senior Manager, Statistical Programming, Genentech Inc.

* Adrian Hsing, Director, Clinical Data Management, Gilead Sciences

* Phillip Liu, Senior Manager, Clinical Applications Programming, Theravance
In New Hope, Pennsylvania:

* Anthony Tenaglia, IS Manager, USHH Clinical Development, Merck & Co., Inc.

* Raymond C. Heimbuch, Senior Principal Programmer, Novartis Pharmaceutical


Over two full days, covering topics such as:
* What CDISC and HL7 really entail -- and what they don't.

* How to determine exactly what applies to you, and what doesn't.

* How it affects your existing data resources. What do you need to update? What can remain as is?

* Should you be changing your protocols or data collection? Or simply how you record it all? (The wrong answer can mean months of delay.)

* What's the fastest way to modify your existing software systems?

* Where and when should you be using XML?

 

If your company is a CDISC member, the tuition fee is just $1350. (For non-members, it's $1800. For employees of government or academic institutions the fee is $450.) To register email Shirley Williams at swilliams@cdisc.org. Major credit cards and corporate purchase orders accepted. Register now, and you'll be far ahead of the curve with CDISC and HL7, ready to take your company into the future of clinical data management.

Sincerely,
Shirley Williams, CDISC
Phone 512-341-9885
E-mail swilliams@cdisc.org

Webinar sponsored by:


www.cdisc.org
An open, multidisciplinary, non-profit organization committed to the development of industry standards to support the electronic acquisition, exchange, submission and archiving of clinical trials data and metadata for medical and biopharmaceutical product development.

Webinar chaired by:

www.zbi.net
One of the leading developers of CDISC-compatible software and co-author of the CDISC standard for XML-formatted clinical data.

 

 


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