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PRIM&R's 2019 Advancing Ethical Research Conference

Name: PRIM&R's 2019 Advancing Ethical Research Conference
Start: 2019-11-17T00:00:00+0000
Location: Boston, MA

When: November 17-20, 2019

Location:

Boston, MA

Attorneys Kate Heffernan and Marylana Saadeh Helou will present at PRIM&R’s 2019 Advancing Ethical Research Conference in Boston, November 17-20. Their presentations will address research risks in the age of comparative effectiveness research and alternative trial design, regulations pertaining to research misconduct and human subjects protections, as well as operationalizing research databases and biobanks.

To view the conference's agenda, click here.

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