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PhD Conference on Brain Cancer Diagnostic Study
30 September - 01 October, 2019
This 2-day PhD conference is organized by the AiPBAND Fellows to present their up-to-date outcomes to the public. Outside relevant speakers are invited to give more insight into biomarkers, biosensing, databases and clinical trials.
Topics:
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Research outcomes of AiPBAND fellows
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Biosensing
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Brain cancer biomarkers
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Databases for biomarkers
- Clinical trials related to brain cancer
Invited speakers
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Knoll
Managing Director, AIT Austrian Insitute of Technology GmbH, Vienna
Biosensing - optical or electronical?
Dr. Leonard Wee
Clinical data scientist, MAASTRO Clinics, Maastricht
Sharing knowledge without sharing patient data – “Personal Health Train” for clinical images at large scale
Prof. Dr. Dominique Figarella-Branger
Neuropathology Department, Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Marseille, Marseille
Molecular pathology of human gliomas
Prof. Sebastian Brandner
Professor of Neuropathology, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London
Understanding the evolution of animal models of brain tumours: from history to current technologies
Summer School on Research Methods
02 October - 04 October, 2019
This 3-day event provides hands-on trainings in interdisciplinary research methods and transferable skills for all AiPBAND fellows and other attendees. The training includes courses/tutorials on general research methods such as literature reviewing, experimental design, basic clinical research training, Good Clinical Practice (GCP) training, data collection and statistical/numerical data analysis and interpretation. Other general R&D methodologies such as innovative thinking are also included.
Topics
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Scientific writing
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Methodology in clinical research
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Statistics in clinical trials
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Data Management
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GCP
Invited speakers
Prof. Dr. Janne Lehtiö
Professor at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm & Scientific Director of SciLifeLab, Stockholm
Experiment design from the point of writing a solid scientific paper
Dr. Maria Bellantone
Publishing Director Physical Sciences at F1000
Open Science, beyond Open Access - How to accelerate research communication & foster responsible research practises
Prof. Sebastian Brandner
Professor of Neuropathology, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London
Interactive histology session: fundamentals of tumour histopathology & applied tumour diagnostics with tissue biomarkers
Rosella de Paola
Quality Assurance at MTA Medical Trials Analysis Italy Srl
GCP + Practical Exercises
Simonetta Piva
Professor at the Master "School of clinical and epidemiological research", University of Ferrara & Statistician at MTA Medical Trials Analysis Italy Srl
Statistics in clinical trials
Prof. Dr. Roberto Ferrari
Professor of Cardiology at University of Ferrara & Director of Cardiology at S.Anna University Hospital of Ferrara
Methodology in clinical research
Massimo Beccaria
Alfa Technology International
Data Management I
Andrea Tintori
Data Manager at MTA Medical Trials Analysis Italy Srl
Data Management II