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<blockquote type="cite" cite>HST-S12<br>
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Director: Ravi Thadhani, MD, MPH<br>
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The reason that the major academic medical centers, biotech, and
pharmaceutical companies are in Boston is because of the talent
pool...that's all of you!<br>
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Introduction to Human Clinical Investigation (HST-S12) is a seminar
course targeted towards the undergraduate who has an interest in
clinical research and who plans on entering the biomedical field.
Specifically, anyone interested in attending medical or other medical
related graduate school, or joining industry, will find this weekly
seminar course extremely helpful.<br>
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The class size is limited to 14 students, is offered in the spring
semester, offers 6 credits, is intended to be interactive, and lunch
is provided at each session. Each seminar is run by someone actively
participating in human research, either from academia (primarily from
the MIT Clinical Research Center) or industry (Massachusetts based
biotech companies), and who has demonstrated expertise in a specific
area related to clinical investigation. These areas include
epidemiological study designs, analysis techniques, prerequisite
animal studies that transition to human studies, phase I-IV clinical
trials, the placebo effect, healthy relationships between academia and
the pharmaceutical industry, ethical issues in clinical research,
patient perspectives in participating in clinical studies, and
necessary steps to becoming an active clinical investigator.
Furthermore, each instructor is actively involved in the education of
medical students, residents, and fellows at MIT and/or Harvard Medical
School, and can provide students with insight about medical training
and can serve as mentors to guide interested students through the
application process.<br>
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Each class lasts approximately two hours, with half the time dedicated
to lecture and half to open discussion, and sessions are quite
informal. Lunch is provided at each class. Each speaker begins the
session with an overview of his/her career path and his/her current
activities (while all of you are eating!), and thereafter embarks upon
the scheduled lecture. The overall goal of this seminar is to provide
an overview of medical research to interested and motivated
undergraduates.<br>
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Please contact Susan Dalton (<a
href="mailto:sdalton@mit.edu">sdalton@mit.edu</a>) or Ravi Thadhani (<a
href="mailto:thadhani.r@mgh.harvard.edu">thadhani.r@mgh.harvard.edu</a
>) if you have any questions.<br>
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