International Clinical Trials Day (ICTD) 2024 in Newcastle
3rd June 2024
(Monday; 9:30 – 15:30 BST)
Venue: The Catalyst,
3 Science Square, Newcastle Helix,
Newcastle upon Tyne, NE4 5TG
United Kingdom
This Clinical Trials Day we are looking to ENGAGE with patients and public, graduates and doctors, engineers and researchers, to EMPOWER them to be a part of world leading clinical research and ENTRUST them to shape the future of healthcare in the North East, the UK and around the world.
Join us in-person on this one-day free event for an opportunity to learn about clinical trials, get updates and network with experts and interested public. Registration and coffee will open from 9:30 AM. For catering purposes and to reserve your seat, please register to the event using the link or QR code above.
Please note that the date of the event has been moved to the 3rd of June 2024. We apologise for this change. Due to a recent NIHR (National Institute for Health and Care Research) directive we needed to move the original date to a later date.
Why we celebrate ICTD?
A short video on the first clinical trial
Programme
| (Time_Period) | (Event) |
| 09:30 – 10:00 | Registration / Coffee |
| 10:00 – 10:15 | Welcome Speaker: Prof Helen Hancock, Director of Newcastle Clinical Trials Unit |
| 10:15 – 10:30 | Scurvy seadogs and Buried Treasures – Lessons from the first controlled trial Speaker: Michael White, Trial Manager, Newcastle Clinical Trials Unit |
| 10:30 – 10:45 | Clinical Trials in Critical Care Speaker: Dr Tom Hellyer, Senior Clinical Fellow, Translational and Clinical Research Institute |
| 10:45 – 11:00 | Question Time |
| 11:00 – 11:15 | *** Refreshments and Table / Poster Session *** |
| 11:15 – 11:30 | Patient and Public Involvement in Trials – when it is important? Speaker: Dr Jo Lally, Principal Research Associate, Population Health Sciences Institute |
| 11:30 – 11:45 | Making More Rare Disease Trials Feasible with Innovative Methods Speaker: Prof James Wason, Professor of Biostatistics, Population Health Sciences Institute |
| 11:45 – 12:00 | Myo-Guide: An automated approach to Neuromuscular Disease diagnosis with MRI and AI Speaker: Jose Verdu Diaz, NIHR PhD Candidate, Translational and Clinical Research Institute |
| 12:00 – 12:15 | Question Time |
| 12:15 – 13:15 | *** Lunch and Table / Poster Session *** |
| 13:15 – 13:30 | Innovation to Validation: Methodological Considerations for Clinical Trials of Diagnostic Technologies, Speaker: Dr Jana Suklan, Senior Research Associate, Translational and Clinical Research Institute |
| 13:30 – 13:45 | Promoting Alcohol Reduction in Non-Treatment Seeking Parents (PAReNTS): a pilot feasibility cluster randomised controlled trial of brief alcohol interventions with parents in contact with children’s social care. Speaker: Dr Ruth McGovern, Senior Lecturer in Public Health, Population Health Sciences Institute |
| 13:45 – 14:00 | Precision Medicine in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Translation takes teamwork. Speaker: Prof Chris Lamb, Clinical Senior Lecturer, Translational and Clinical Research Institute |
| 14:00 – 14:15 | Question Time |
| 14:15 – 14:30 | *** Refreshments and Table / Poster Session *** |
| 14:30 – 14:45 | From Bench to Bedside – translating pre-clinical research into clinical trials in oncology Speaker: Dr Christoph Oing, NUPAcT Fellow, Translational and Clinical Research Institute |
| 14:45 – 15:00 | Research Engagement with Policy Makers: Bringing findings into practice Speaker: Dr Laura McGowan, Research Associate, Population Health Sciences Institute |
| 15:00 – 15:15 | Question Time |
| 15:15 – 15:30 | Closing Remarks / Feedback Speakers: Prof Helen Hancock, Director of NCTU and Dawn Teare, Prof of Biostatistics and Deputy Director of NCTU |
The Organizing Team
Stephanie Clutterbuck
Niesha Doyle
Stephanie Fanner
Ciara Kennedy
Jingky Lozano-Kuehne
Moha Shojaei
Dawn Teare
Lyn Thompson
Philippa Watts
Michael White
Contact Us
The Newcastle ICTD Organizing Committee
Population Health Sciences Institute
Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Newcastle
Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, United Kingdom
Email: newcastle-ictd@newcastle.ac.uk
Event website: www.bit.ly/ictd2024ncl
Our Sponsors and Collaborators
Newcastle Clinical Trials Unit
Biostatistics Research Group
Newcastle NIHR Bioresource
Newcastle Health Innovation Partners Academy
NIHR HealthTech Research Centre
NIHR Policy Research Unit
NIHR Public Health Intervention Responsive Studies Teams
Translational and Clinical Research Institute
Population Health Sciences Institute
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