Principles and Practice of Clinical Research Book

•A Historical Perspective on Clinical Research
ETHICAL, REGULATORY, AND LEGAL ISSUES
•Ethical Principles in Clinical Research
•Researching a Bioethical Question
•Integrity in Research: Individual and Institutional Responsibility
•Institutional Review Boards
•Data and Safety Monitoring Boards
•Data Management in Clinical Trials
•Unanticipated Risks in Clinical Research
•The Regulation of Drugs and Biological Products by the Food and Drug Administration
•Legal Issues
•Rules to Prevent Conflict of Interest for Clinical Investigators Conducting Human Subjects Research
•National Institutes of Health Policy on the Inclusion of Women and Minorities as Subjects in Clinical Research
•Clinical Research: A Patient Perspective
•The Clinical Researcher and the Media
BIOSTATISTICS AND EPIDEMIOLOGY
•An Introduction to Biostatistics: Randomization, Hypothesis Testing, and Sample Size Estimation
•Design and Conduct of Observational Studies and Clinical Trials
•Small Clinical Trials
•Large Clinical Trials and Registries - Clinical Research Institutes
•Using Secondary Data in Statistical Analysis
•An Introduction to Survival Analysis
•Measures of Function and Health-Related Quality of Life
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER, PROTOCOL DEVELOPMENT, FUNDING AND OTHER ISSUES
•Overview of Technology Development
•Technology Transfer
•Writing a Protocol
•Evaluating a Protocol Budget
•Data Management in Clinical Research: General Principles and a Guide to Sources
•Getting the Funding You Need to Support Your Research: Navigating the National Institutes of Health Peer Review Process
•Clinical Research from the Industry Perspective
•Human Genome Project, Genomics, and Clinical Research