GC 630 Fundamentals of Clinical Trials (CRN No. 70279)

Prerequisites -- GC 660 Statistical Methods

Fall Term -- Wed -- 3:00-6:00 -- 3 credits

Starting date: 09/09/09; ending date: 12/02/09

Regularly assigned classroom: JAH M24;

exception dates & alternate classrooms: none

Instructor: Daskalakis

Course Description

This course introduces students to the fundamentals of clinical trials, from choosing a question and writing a protocol, through running a trial, to analyzing and reporting results. Key topics include how to assure validity in trials, what to include in a protocol, quality assurance of ongoing trials, statistical methods for analyzing trials, and how to review critically the reports of trials.

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Faculty Information

Dr. Constantine Daskalakis earned a PhD in Biostatistics and Epidemiology from the Harvard School of Public Health. His research interests in biostatistics include likelihood methods, multivariate and longitudinal methods, and randomized controlled trials. In epidemiology, Dr. Daskalakis studies methods for causal inference, measurement, and reliability; mental health; gene-environment interactions; psychosocial risk factors; and behavioral intervention trials. He hold a faculty appointment in the Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics.