Institute for International Research

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Wednesday, April 11, 2007

10:45am
Minimize Placebo Response to Reduce Trial Failure and Conserve Resources
Ramana Kuchibhatla, PhD, Sr. Director, Clinical Development, Biostatistics, and Data Management
TARGACEPT 

11:30am
Best Practices to Standardized Rating Scales to Increase Objectivity
Howard Waxman, PhD, Program Director
BELMONT CENTER FOR COMPREHENSIVE TREATMENT

2:00pm
Maintain Timelines and Budgets While Recruiting and Retaining High Quality Patients
Louis Kirby, MD, Founder & Medical Director
PIVOTAL RESEARCH CENTERS

4:15pm
The e-Mergence of e-Learning: Training for CNS Trials in the 21st Century
Mark G. A. Opler, PhD, MPH, President, PROPHASE TRAINING GROUP
and Executive Director, THE PANSS INSTITUTE TRAINING
Speaking on behalf of ePharmaSolutions

5:00pm
Overcome Challenges in CNS of Collection Patient Reported Outcomes to Generate Validated, High Quality Data
David DeBrota, MD, Clinical Research Physician Neuroscience Clinical Methods Team
ELI LILLY & CO.

Thursday, April 12, 2007

8:30am
Tackling the Regulatory Challenges for CNS Drug Approval
Dr. J. Margaretha Oortgiesen, PhD, RAC, CCRP, Managing Director
CATO RESEARCH

11:35am
Genetic determinants of treatment response in major depression with comorbid conditions
Robert Lipsky, Ph.D., Chief, Section on Molecular Genetics Laboratory of Neurogenetics
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM/NIH