Here is Renee's interview with Tesheia Johnson, MBA, MHS, Associate Director for Clinical Research at Yale School of Medicine, Deputy Director and Chief Operating Office at Yale Center for Clinical Investigation. She discusses clinical trials and how they can change the standard of clinical care!
Tesheia Johnson, MBA, MHS, is Deputy Director and Chief Operating Officer of YCCI and the Associate Director for Clinical Research for Yale School of Medicine, where she provides leadership and direction in the area of clinical research. Her career has focused on the development of clinical research programs and support infrastructure. Prior to assuming her current position, she held positions as Assistant Dean for Clinical Research at the University of Vermont College of Medicine and Director of Clinical Trials at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She has served as a consultant for several academic centers interested in establishing clinical research programs and as a grant reviewer for the National Institutes of Health.
Ms. Johnson is nationally recognized for her expertise in the design and setup of clinical research programs. She has been an invited speaker at many national and international conferences on topics such as developing funding for central support for clinical research, staffing models for clinical and translational research, training programs for research professionals, clinical research regulation, and contracting and budget negotiation. She has served as Chair and co-Chair for several National Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) Consortium Group/Committees. She sits on the external scientific advisory boards for the CTSAs at New York, Washington and Rockefeller Universities, the Universities of Buffalo, Colorado, Florida, Rochester and Washington and at University College London Hospitals’ Biomedical Research Centre.
Listen to the complete interview, here:
There are currently over 2,000 clinical trials in process at Yale in virtually every therapeutic category. We need volunteers of all ages and backgrounds in order to help researchers develop new and better treatments.
There are many reasons why people volunteer to take part in a clinical trial:
- Some volunteers have a condition that is being treated effectively, but they want to help doctors find out more about it in order to develop new treatments.
- Sometimes volunteers have a friend or loved one with an illness or injury, and they want to participate in a research study as a way to help those who suffer from the same condition.
- Participating in a clinical trial may offer potential experimental options that might be unavailable otherwise.
- Many people choose to participate in a study even though it might not help them directly. Knowing that others may benefit from their efforts is a rewarding experience.
For more information:
Visit YaleClinicalTrials.com or call 1-877-978-8343