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The Louisiana Office of Public Health in New Orleans, LA, continues to face challenges with HIV/AIDS surveillance data three years post-Hurricane Katrina.
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During the months following Hurricane Katrina and the destructive flooding of New Orleans, state HIV/AIDS officials were unable to effectively communicate with each other, let alone AIDS providers, service organizations, and HIV/AIDS clients.
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HIV/AIDS providers from across the United States felt some of the repercussions of Hurricane Katrina's devastation of New Orleans three years ago.
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Biomedical research has become so sophisticated in the 21st century that future principal investigators (PIs) might need to have in-depth knowledge about more than one discipline in order to stay competitive.
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Before Emory University in Atlanta completely revamped its clinical trials billing process, most of the CT budgeting and analyses were done by individual departments.
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One of the key strategies to retaining clinical trial enrollment, particularly when the participants are from vulnerable populations, is exhibiting respect and a nonjudgmental attitude during all encounters, an expert says.
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A recent judge's ruling has shaken up the clinical research industry as experts try to determine how the court's interference in an investigational drug study might impact future CT recruitment.
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It's one thing to sense that IRBs are demanding more and are becoming more cautious during protocol reviews. But it's the rare principal investigator who has a long, multi-site study in which it's readily apparent that the IRB reviews have become more rigorous.
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Methamphetamine ("meth") addicts are one of the more difficult research populations to recruit both for the erratic lifestyles many have and the illicit drug's tendency to make people paranoid.