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The 5 Principles To Guide The Future Of Randomized Clinical Trials

Enabling "Good" Clinical Research In LMICs With The Good Clinical Trials Collaborative

My Role as a Research Nurse: A Day in the Life of a Study in Cameroon

Research Nurse Jerome Ackeneck discusses what's involved in his role on a Cameroonian HIV Study

Unravelling My Role as a Research Nurse

Joby George discusses his role as a research nurse based in India; what is involved, educational oprtions available, and what's important to him.

Clinical Research Careers: an Indian Perspective

Shared panel discussion conducted about clinical research careers in India (conducted in Telugu and English), and article about research careers in India from Sreedhar Tirunagari

How to prepare for a job interview and predict the questions you’ll be asked

Job interviews can be intimidating, but simply preparing well can make the difference between succeeding or failing, regardless of how nervous you are. In this article we pull together advice on how to prepare for job interviews and how to know what questions you’ll be asked. 

How to Make More Published Research True

A Practical Guide to Planning an Academic or Research Career

Helpful, interactive eBook that aids those deciding how to further their career in research, or considernig whether to study as a post graduate.

A systematic review of barriers to and facilitators of the use of evidence by policymakers (BMC article)

The gap between research and practice or policy is often described as a problem. To identify new barriers of and facilitators to the use of evidence by policymakers, and assess the state of research in this area, the authors present a systematic review.

Implementation Research in Health: A Practical Guide from the WHO

This guide, developed by the WHO and released in December 2013, aims to facilitate implementation research in LMICs.

Research Misconduct in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.

Research misconduct is a global problem as research is a global activity. Wherever there is human activity there is misconduct, but we lack reliable data on the extent and distribution of research misconduct. This PLoS paper seeks to illustrate some examples of researsch misconduct in LMICs.

Challenges of non-commercial multi-centre North-South collaborative clinical trials

The last decade has witnessed a substantial increase of multi-centre, public health-oriented clinical trials in poor countries. However, non-commercial research groups have less staff and financial resources than traditional commercial sponsors, so the trial teams have to be creative to comply with Good Clinical Practices (GCP) requirements. This article hopes to feed the reflection on the methodological and ethical aspects of clinical trials carried out in developing countries by North-South collaborative research groups.

Moral and scientific boundaries: research ethics on the Thai-Burma border

The border between Thailand and Burma (Myanmar) is at the forefront of the global battle against malaria, and is an important site for research.

Health Researchers’ Ancillary Care Obligations in Low-Resource Settings: How Can We Tell What Is Morally Required?

Health researchers working in low-resource settings often encounter serious unmet health needs among participants. What is the nature and extent of researchers’ obligations to respond to such needs? Competing accounts have been proposed, but there is no independent standard by which to assess them or to guide future inquiry. I propose an independent standard and demonstrate its use.

TB Partnership looking for Trial Sites - The Critical Path to TB Drug Regimens (CPTR)

  The Critical Path to TB Drug Regimens (CPTR) Initiative is seeking new trial sites for collaboration in planned phase I and II trials.  Also available in French - click on the link and scroll down for French version.

The Draft Statement/Guidelines for Disaster Research

These guidelines were developed following a Working Group on Disaster Research and Ethics (WGDRE) meeting in 2007 with the aim of developing ethical guidelines which would be applicable to post-disaster research, partiuclarly that performed in the developing world. We welcome any feedback from members.