Dr. David Shearer of ICTS Named Finalist for 2009 Clinical Research Excellence Awards
Raleigh, NC, September 05, 2009 --(PR.com)-- Tom Sturgis, president of ICTS (Integrated Clinical Trial Services, LLC), a strategic clinical trials support company that utilizes more than 300 contract employees internationally to provide pre-trial preparation, recruitment, enrollment, retention, compliance and pre-launch services, has announced that David M. Shearer, M.D., chief medical officer and vice president of clinical operations for the firm, has been has been nominated as one of five finalists for the 2009 Clinical Research Excellence Awards in the category of Clinical Research Professional of the Year.
Presented by the publishers of Good Clinical Practice Journal, the Clinical Research Excellence Awards were developed to recognize excellence in the clinical trials industry. Now in its third year, the awards honor and reward corporate and individual excellence and celebrate innovation throughout the industry, with 15 carefully planned award categories, including Best International Trial, Project Manager of the Year and Data Management Team of the Year. Award recipients in each category will be announced at an awards gala to honor all finalists on Tuesday, Oct. 20 at Merchant Taylor’s Hall, located at 30 Threadneedle Street in London.
The other finalists in the Clinical Research Professional of the Year category are Janet Holden, clinical logistics manager, Medicines Evaluation Unit; Rachel King, CEO, CRF Health; Barbara Schnurr, Ph.D., director of QA/QC, Harrison Clinical Research Group GmbH; and Silvia Zieher, M.D., senior director, head of clinical operations, Latin America, INC Research.
In his position at ICTS, Dr. Shearer oversees the medical components of ICTS-affiliated clinical trials, which include such duties as protocol review, quality assurance in patient recruitment, and the education of physicians for the trials. For more information, visit www.icts.us.
“The Clinical Research Excellence Awards highlight the talent that the clinical trials industry has to offer, and entries are known to be very high caliber,” said Sturgis. “We are proud of Dr. Shearer’s nomination and pleased that he has been chosen as a finalist for Clinical Research Professional of the Year.”
About ICTS:
ICTS (Integrated Clinical Trial Services, LLC) is a creative, innovative and flexible partner for strategic clinical trials support. The full-service firm utilizes more than 300 contract employees internationally to provide patient enrollment feasibility, recruitment strategy, consulting, market research and protocol review, project management, concept design and production, media placement, community resource support, compliance and retention, and more. The ICTS management team has completed more than 300 successful patient recruitment programs and combines for more than 60 years of active involvement in patient accrual. A successful trial depends on the quality of the underlying recruitment plan and ICTS is dedicated to constructing the right solution based upon each client’s protocol and needs. For more information please call (919) 388-3964 or visit the Web site at www.icts.us.
Patty Briguglio
MMI Associates, Inc.
(919) 233-6600
patty@mmimarketing.com
PR Firms Raleigh, NC
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Presented by the publishers of Good Clinical Practice Journal, the Clinical Research Excellence Awards were developed to recognize excellence in the clinical trials industry. Now in its third year, the awards honor and reward corporate and individual excellence and celebrate innovation throughout the industry, with 15 carefully planned award categories, including Best International Trial, Project Manager of the Year and Data Management Team of the Year. Award recipients in each category will be announced at an awards gala to honor all finalists on Tuesday, Oct. 20 at Merchant Taylor’s Hall, located at 30 Threadneedle Street in London.
The other finalists in the Clinical Research Professional of the Year category are Janet Holden, clinical logistics manager, Medicines Evaluation Unit; Rachel King, CEO, CRF Health; Barbara Schnurr, Ph.D., director of QA/QC, Harrison Clinical Research Group GmbH; and Silvia Zieher, M.D., senior director, head of clinical operations, Latin America, INC Research.
In his position at ICTS, Dr. Shearer oversees the medical components of ICTS-affiliated clinical trials, which include such duties as protocol review, quality assurance in patient recruitment, and the education of physicians for the trials. For more information, visit www.icts.us.
“The Clinical Research Excellence Awards highlight the talent that the clinical trials industry has to offer, and entries are known to be very high caliber,” said Sturgis. “We are proud of Dr. Shearer’s nomination and pleased that he has been chosen as a finalist for Clinical Research Professional of the Year.”
About ICTS:
ICTS (Integrated Clinical Trial Services, LLC) is a creative, innovative and flexible partner for strategic clinical trials support. The full-service firm utilizes more than 300 contract employees internationally to provide patient enrollment feasibility, recruitment strategy, consulting, market research and protocol review, project management, concept design and production, media placement, community resource support, compliance and retention, and more. The ICTS management team has completed more than 300 successful patient recruitment programs and combines for more than 60 years of active involvement in patient accrual. A successful trial depends on the quality of the underlying recruitment plan and ICTS is dedicated to constructing the right solution based upon each client’s protocol and needs. For more information please call (919) 388-3964 or visit the Web site at www.icts.us.
Patty Briguglio
MMI Associates, Inc.
(919) 233-6600
patty@mmimarketing.com
PR Firms Raleigh, NC
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