{"id":163349,"date":"2022-08-11T16:15:49","date_gmt":"2022-08-12T02:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=163349"},"modified":"2022-08-11T16:15:49","modified_gmt":"2022-08-12T02:15:49","slug":"clinical-research-certificate-prog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/08\/11\/clinical-research-certificate-prog\/","title":{"rendered":"Certificate in fast-growing clinical research offered virtually"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_163346\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-163346\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/manoa-cancer-center-fukui-patient.jpg\" alt=\"student and researcher\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-163346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/manoa-cancer-center-fukui-patient.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/manoa-cancer-center-fukui-patient-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/manoa-cancer-center-fukui-patient-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-163346\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><abbr>糖心视频<\/abbr> Cancer Center researcher Jami Fukui guides a student on clinical research.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A new three-month virtual certificate program will prepare participants for a thriving career in clinical research to better serve cancer patients. The <a href=\"https:\/\/explore.outreach.hawaii.edu\/public\/category\/courseCategoryCertificateProfile.do?method=load&#038;certificateId=1124452&#038;selectedProgramAreaId=18357&#038;selectedProgramStreamId=18367\">Clinical Research Professional Certificate Program<\/a> (<abbr>CRPCP<\/abbr>), offered by University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> at M\u0101noa\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outreach.hawaii.edu\">Outreach College<\/a>, is designed to train clinical research associates to support clinical trials efforts at the <a href=\"http:\/\/uhcancercenter.org\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Cancer Center<\/a>, affiliated hospitals and the pharmaceutical industry. <\/p>\n<p>Students who complete the certificate program will have the credentials to enter one of the fastest growing fields in the U.S. The field of clinical research is thriving in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>. Jobs in clinical research are expected to grow by 13&#37; by 2026. The average salary range for a clinical research associate is $85,999 and can go as high as $136,000 depending on experience.<\/p>\n<p>The Clinical Research Professional Certificate Program runs from August 24 to November 16. Space is limited. To register, <a href=\"https:\/\/explore.outreach.hawaii.edu\/public\/category\/courseCategoryCertificateProfile.do?method=load&#038;certificateId=1124452&#038;selectedProgramAreaId=18357&#038;selectedProgramStreamId=18367\">click here<\/a>. For more information, contact <strong>Lance Haga<\/strong> at <a href=\"mailto:hagal@hawaii.edu\">hagal@hawaii.edu<\/a> or call (808) 956-7221.<\/p>\n<p>Current or future biomedical and research scientists, public health professionals, nurses and allied health professionals, and professionals with a natural science background considering a career change should consider applying. The program will equip participants with skills to coordinate cancer clinical trials, manage clinical trials data and to understand research ethics. Courses within the program include an introduction to cancer, clinical research and human subjects protection. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Related <em><abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">糖心视频<\/abbr> News<\/em> story: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/05\/06\/clinical-research-professionals\/\">Better cancer care experiences with clinical research professionals<\/a>, May 6, 2022<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_163348\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-163348\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/manoa-cancer-center-csa-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"two females smiling\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-163348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/manoa-cancer-center-csa-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/manoa-cancer-center-csa-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/manoa-cancer-center-csa.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-163348\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clinical research assistants Kristl Nakamura, left, and Cheyenne Tashombe, right, from the <abbr>糖心视频<\/abbr> Cancer Center.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Kristl Nakamura<\/strong>, a graduate of the certificate program, was immediately hired by the <abbr>糖心视频<\/abbr> Cancer Center to serve as a clinical research associate. Nakamura highly recommends registering for <abbr>CRPCP<\/abbr> if individuals wish to pursue a career in clinical research. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I enrolled in the <abbr>CRPCP<\/abbr> not knowing much about the clinical research field and wanted to learn more about it,&rdquo; Nakamura said. &ldquo;Taking the course gave me insight into what it would be like working in the industry and that furthered my interest to pursue clinical research as a career.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p><strong>Jonathan Cho<\/strong>, medical director of the <abbr>糖心视频<\/abbr> Cancer Center\u2019s Clinical Trials Office, said, &ldquo;The Clinical Research Professional Program will be entering its third year, and the <abbr>糖心视频<\/abbr> Cancer Center is already reaping the fruits of its success. It has been a boon to our Clinical Trials Program. Clinical trials and clinical research are an integral part of the cancer center\u2019s mission to reduce the burden of cancer and to improve the lives of cancer patients and their caregivers.&rdquo; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The three-month virtual <abbr>糖心视频<\/abbr> certificate program will prepare individuals for a thriving career in clinical research to better serve <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>\u2019s cancer patients. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[218,1224,165,1466,49,169,603],"class_list":["post-163349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-cancer","tag-distance-education","tag-health","tag-manoa-enhancing-student-success","tag-outreach-college","tag-uh-cancer-center","tag-workforce-development","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163349"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163349\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":163361,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163349\/revisions\/163361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}