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Clinical Trials Awareness Week 2023: 5/15-5/19

Join the UH Clinical Research Center (CRC) for webinars and events in celebration of research investigators, study team members, and participants by recognizing their commitment to advancing science and discovery in medicine during Clinical Trials Awareness Week (CTAW). 

Throughout the week, CRC staff will be providing educational clinical research resources at various locations, and holding in-person and virtual events to engage with those that make research studies happen. Events are open to attend for all!

View the schedule of events below and click the links to register and join in the activities:

Event

Date/Time/Location

Regional Locations and Kiosk Visits

Be a part of UH’s mission, To Teach, To Heal, To Discover. Members of the Clinical Research Center Team will visit various locations throughout each market to build awareness about Clinical Research at University Hospitals. Join us in kicking off Clinical Trials Awareness Week.

Thursday, 5/11/2023

10:00 - 12:00pm

UH East, West, South Market Locations

Regional Location and Kiosk Visits

Be a part of UH’s mission, To Teach, To Heal, To Discover. Members of the Clinical Research Center Team will visit various locations throughout each market to build awareness about Clinical Research at University Hospitals. Join us in kicking off Clinical Trials Awareness Week.

Friday, 5/12/2023

10:00 - 12:00pm

UH East, West, South Market Locations

Clinical Research Resource Table at the Atrium!

Clinical Research Center team members will be in the Cleveland Medical Center Atrium to be a clinical research resource to UH Physicians, Employees, Patients, and Students! We are able to guide UH teams to starting a research program, help a caregiver start a research project, engage and encourage patients to look at all their healthcare options, educate students on career opportunities, and support all research system-wide!

Come see us and get your picture taken to be featured on our social media platforms!

Monday, 5/15/2023

11:00 - 12:00pm

UH Cleveland Medical Center Atrium

Clinical Research Journey Panel Webinar

Ever wonder what is it like to be on a clinical research study? Or how the study team operates? Tune into this webinar to hear the journey of how a clinical research study starts as an idea to treating participants. The clinical research study team will be able to discuss how they get the study enrolling participants, and the participants will be able to discuss how the process works from them.

Register via Zoom HERE

Tuesday, 5/16/2023

3:00 – 4:00pm

Clinical Research Watch Party!

Come stop by Kulas Auditorium (7th floor of Lakeside, by DCRU) at Cleveland Medical Center to see various videos on clinical research! We will be supplying popcorn and other refreshments as you can come and go to see the different videos. This is an informal watch party so feel free to discuss with your colleagues as the videos stream!

View the schedule of films and videos HERE.

Join us in person in the Kulas Auditorium or

Register to join via Zoom

Wednesday, 5/17/2023

11:00am – 3:00pm

Kulas Auditorium at Cleveland Medical Center

Lakeside Building, 7th Floor

Discover with UH Webinar Series: Clinical Trials Awareness!

There are over 400,000 actively enrolling clinical trials registered on ClinicalTrials.gov, nationally and internationally.

Join us as we celebrate Clinical Trials Awareness Week for a presentation and discussion on clinical research as part of the Discover with UH webinar series.

Hear from Physician-Scientists from across UH about their recent work and exciting clinical research studies, trials, and innovations.

We will also learn about why clinical research is important, and how it benefits you and the future of medicine

Panelists:

  • Rakesh Arora, MD, PhD, FRCSC, FACS
  • Betul Hatipoglu, MD
  • Frank Jacono, MD​​

Register via Zoom

Thursday, 5/18/2023

12:00 – 1:00pm

UH Cleveland Medical Center Clinical Research Resource​​ Tables

Interested in either learning or participating in a clinical research study? Come stop by the UH CMC Atrium to learn straight from the departments conducting research! Each table will have a different department for everyone to learn more about the opportunities their departments have for being apart of their research. If you do not see a department, feel free to stop by the Clinical Research Center table to ask about what research is happening!

Come visit the following study teams:

  • Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
  • Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute​
  • Dermatology
  • Psychiatry​
  • Urology
  • Dahms Clinical Research Unit​

Friday, 5/19/2023

9:00am – 1:00pm

UH Cleveland Medical Center Atrium