By Julie Carrico, Senior Associate Coordinator with The Corvallis Clinic Clinical Research Center Given the uptick in conversations about vaccines and their development we thought we’d write an article about vaccine clinical trials since we have done a lot of them. Vaccine clinical trials, just like drug clinical trials, occur in three phases (note that […]
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Clinical trials are an important part of improving health care. The Corvallis Clinic's Clinical Research staff shares their insights and updates.
Rich Tomasco, RN, Joins Clinical Research Center
By Julie Carrico, MBA, CCRC We’re delighted to introduce you to the newest member of the Clinical Research Center – Rich Tomasco, RN. Rich’s career path is a little bit different than the typical clinical research nurse. Although Rich has always had an interest in life sciences, he ended up following in his father’s footsteps […]
Internship sparks interest in research
By Kelsie Engstrom Clinical Research Intern Coming into college I didn’t really know what I wanted to study. I knew I was interested in doing something in the medical field but nothing really stood out to me as an obvious choice. I was nervous to enter an environment where it seemed like so many people […]
Clinical Trials Day: A day to celebrate research and its role in preventing illness, easing suffering
By Julie Carrico MBA, CCRC Clinical Trials Day is celebrated around the world on May 20. Clinical Research professionals (like us!) mark this day for its place in history as the beginning of modern clinical trials. In May 1747, sailors in the British Royal Navy were more likely to die of scurvy than fighting the […]
We honor our – and all – nurses during their week
By Julie Carrico MBA, CCRC National Nurses Day is celebrated annually on May 6. It marks the beginning of National Nurses Week, which ends on May 12, the birthday of Florence Nightingale, considered the founder of professional nursing due to her innovative care during the Crimean War from 1853 to 56. While we appreciate all […]
