International Clinical Research Consortia in Child Neurology: Get Involved!

International Clinical Research Consortia in Child Neurology: Get Involved!

Course Description The main objectives of this session are to demonstrate the benefit and need for international pediatric clinical trial consortia and how to engage with international clinical research consortia in child neurology. Content is geared to both “site” or local principal investigators (PIs) and consortium PIs, regardless of geographic location. Perspectives from consortium PIs, site/local PIs, and institutions will be presented.

Learning Objectives

1. Gain a better understanding of the benefit and need for international pediatric clinical trial consortia.
2. Join and support an ongoing an international clinical research consortium in child neurology.

Impact Statements

1. Joining and supporting an international clinical research consortium in child neurology.
2. Seeking institutional and financial support for an international clinical research consortium in child neurology.

Organizer: Adam L. Hartman, MD, FAAP, FANA, FAES; National Institute of Neurological Disorders & Stroke Neuroscience Center, Rockville, Maryland, USA

Introduction Adam L. Hartman, MD, FAAP, FANA, FAES

IPSS: Collaboration on Pediatric Stroke in 25 Countries
Heather J. Fullerton, MD, MAS; University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA

Understanding the Etiology and Pathogenesis of Nodding Syndrome in Eastern Africa
Richard Idro, MMED, PhD; Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

The Institutional Perspective on International Research Consortia
Edwin Trevathan, MD, MPH; Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA Question & Answer