WRIGHT STATE OFFERING NEW GRADUATE PROGRAM

Master’s in clinical trials coordination an option for nurses.

The Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine has added a new master’s degree program with a foundation in clinical research focusing on improving global health, the school announced in a press release this week.

The Clinical Trials Coordination program is a one-year program and will not require a thesis, officials said in the release, noting that it will be offered through the Department of Pharmacology and

Toxicology beginning in the fall.

It is aimed at graduate students who wish to have hands-on patient care roles in research; coordinate academic, government and industry research; or manage academic Institutional Review Board approvals.

Students will work with physicians at the Wright State Physicians Building on campus and will have the opportunity to assist in clinical research trials with human subjects in the Pharmacology Translational Unit, the release said.

“Clinical trials coordination is an excellent career option that most nurses do not know about,” Elizabeth Sorensen, consultant to the Pharmacology and Toxicology

program, said in a statement.

Students will gain realworld experience while applying the principles of good clinical practice to active industry and federally funded trials, the university said.

The program, most of which is provided in a classroom setting, offers an excellent foundation for students who wish to sit for national certification through the Society of Clinical Research Associates or Association of Clinical Research Professionals, the release said.

Applications for the Clinical Trials Coordination concentration are being accepted for the fall 2020 semester. For more information contact Terry Oroszi at terry. oroszi@wright.edu.

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