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CTTG Lecture Series

Course Objective: Assist CTTG membership in designing, conducting and publishing the results of clinical trials in the field of transfusion medicine.

Target Audience: Transfusion medicine trainees and early career investigators (but open to all).

Format: Monthly 1-hour lectures (noon on third Thursday of every month).

Date Topic Speaker
September 19, 2024 Reviewing the literature Rich Haspel
October 17, 2024 Qualitative vs. quantitative research Tori Lenet
November 21, 2024 Explanatory vs pragmatic trials (Cancelled)
December 19, 2024 Quasi-experimental trial design Monica Taljaard
January 16, 2025 Adaptive and platform trials Ryan Zarychanski
February 20, 2025 Statistical considerations Robert Balshaw
March 20, 2025 Assembling the research team Rena Buckstein
April 17, 2025 Retaining the patient perspective Jennie Haw
May 15, 2025 Sourcing funding Keyvan Karkouti
June 19, 2025 Piloting the protocol Shane English
July 17, 2025 Conducting the trial Nadine Shehata
August 21, 2025 Publishing the results Paul Hebert