  {"id":124226,"date":"2020-08-04T17:15:10","date_gmt":"2020-08-05T03:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=124226"},"modified":"2020-08-04T17:15:10","modified_gmt":"2020-08-05T03:15:10","slug":"clinical-research-certificate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/08\/04\/clinical-research-certificate\/","title":{"rendered":"New clinical research training touts vital role in patient care"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/manoa-cancercenter-cra.jpg\" alt=\"female\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-124118\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/manoa-cancercenter-cra.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/manoa-cancercenter-cra-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/manoa-cancercenter-cra-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>While the pandemic has left many industries flailing, the field of clinical research is one area actually thriving in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span>. Globally last year, clinical trials market size was worth more than $46 billion. Jobs in clinical research are expected to grow 13 percent by 2026. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uhcancercenter.org\/\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span> Cancer Center<\/a>\u2019s new clinical research professional certificate program is designed to provide clinical research associates (<abbr title=\"clinical research associates\">CRA<\/abbr>s) knowledge in coordinating oncology clinical trials, basic statistical and epidemiologic methods, ethical and regulatory aspects of human subjects research, protocol development and more. <\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_124116\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-124116\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/manoa-cancercenter-building-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"building\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-124116\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/manoa-cancercenter-building-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/manoa-cancercenter-building-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/manoa-cancercenter-building.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-124116\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Cancer Center<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><abbr>CRA<\/abbr>s play a vital role in improving the outcomes for cancer patients and other patients participating in clinical trials. Offered through <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outreach.hawaii.edu\/\">Outreach College<\/a>, the program is designed to train <abbr>CRA<\/abbr>s to work at the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Cancer Center (one of only 71 research organizations in the country designated by the National Cancer Institute), its affiliated hospitals, industry partners or at other academic centers in support of clinical trials. <\/p>\n<p>The program runs from August 26 to December 2. The certificate is intended for current or future biomedical and research scientists, public health professionals, nurses and allied health professionals and professionals with a natural science background considering a career change. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There is always a need for well trained clinical research professionals both here in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span> and on the mainland. This program will give individuals a head start into this exciting career,&rdquo; said <strong>Randall Holcombe<\/strong>, <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Cancer Center Director and course coordinator.<\/p>\n<p>This accelerated program employs a blended learning model. Foundational knowledge is provided via online materials that students must complete before attending classroom-based face-to-face training sessions at the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Cancer Center. <\/p>\n<p>The average salary range for clinical research associates in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span> is between $45,000 and $85,000.<\/p>\n<p>To participate in a free informational webinar or to register for the certificate program, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/outreach.hawaii.edu\/clinicalresearch\">outreach.hawaii.edu\/clinicalresearch<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The program targets biomedical and research scientists, public health professionals, nurses and professionals with a natural science background. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[1040,49,241,169,9],"class_list":["post-124226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-biomedical-science","tag-outreach-college","tag-public-health","tag-uh-cancer-center","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124226"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124226\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":124240,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124226\/revisions\/124240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}