The School of Medicine will host its annual one-day clinical research conference at the HUB on the UW campus, Friday, April 30. The event, Clinical Research: Challenges and Controversies, is held in cooperation with the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center.

Registration is required and costs $95 for faculty or staff members and $65 for fellows. In previous years, the conference has been open to faculty and staff from the UW and its affiliates; this year, other participants may register.

The program will give an overview of regulations and requirements for conducting clinical research and will include recent national initiatives to improve research oversight. The conference will cover many topics, including Data and Safety Monitoring Boards (DSMBs), legal pitfalls of clinical research, and informed consent issues.

The course chair is Evan Kharasch, assistant dean for clinical research in the School of Medicine. Other UW faculty are Wylie Burke, chair of medical history and ethics; Helen McGough, director of the Human Subjects Division of Grant and Contract Services, and Ann Vander Stoep, assistant professor of psychiatry and epidemiology.

For a full schedule and registration form, go to the CME site at http://www.uwcme.org/