My personal experience as a clinical research volunteer

At the end of September, I blogged about the important Cancer Prevention Study-3 which came to our hometown Indianapolis, Indiana this month.  Well, I did it…I volunteered for my first clinical research study.    Oh sure, I have taken surveys before, even...

Mistrust Leads to Decrease in Volunteer Participation

Recently at a conference held by the Institute of Medicine (IOM), low participation in new clinical trials and research were discussed between industry professionals.  One viewpoint states mistrust of clinical trials, science in general and the motives of the industry...

Social Media as a Tool for Study Recruitment

At a recent industry conference, a group of panelists at Patient Recruitment Outsourcing (PRO) said the early users of social media are using it productively in patient recruitment, but the industry as a whole is still fearful. The recent changes in technology, and...

Cancer Prevention Study-3 coming to Indiana first week in October

Our business is all about advancing life science diagnostic and therapeutic solutions for patients, so when I learned about the Cancer Prevention Study-3 from a client, I made the personal decision to volunteer for the study which is enrolling next week.  I thought to...