Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Don't Miss This Georgia SoCRA Chapter Conference - May 16, 2009!!!



Our next meeting will be held on May 16, 2009, from 10 til Noon at Cross Creek Cafe located at 1221 Cross Creek Parkway, Atlanta, GA 30327.

Our speaker, Dr. Nicole Forman, has done extensive studies in this area. She received her Doctor of Medicine from the University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL. She completed her Intern and Residency in Pediatrics at Jacobi Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY. She has served as Medical Science Liaison in Cardiovascular & Metabolism for Novartis Pharmaceuticals and Vice President and Associate Medical Director of Medical Strategy and Clinical Affairs of Lab9 at Cline Davis and Mann. Currently, Dr. Forman serves as the Medical Director of Pediatrics for Sciele Pharmaceuticals in Atlanta Georgia and we are honored to have her as our guest speaker.

Please RSVP no later than May 14 by emailing gasocrainfo@yahoo.com or going to http://www.wqats.com/aboutus.html and completing the form on the right. For subject field, enter "SOCRA". This is a hot topic and we are already filling up. We will have to implement a cutoff point so RSVP early. Don't forget that the restaurant collects a $10 cover charge and they provide a light brunch.

Note: PLEASE DO NOT USE MapQuest or Yahoo Maps to get directions to the conference. It takes you to the residential side of the property and not to the restaurant. Go to this link for directions: http://www.crosscreekcafe.com/directions-2006.htm.

Our last meeting was exciting. We welcomed Tawala and Timothy, two new members who were assigned the task of writing SOPs for their company. They had an opportunity to learn how SOPs are started, how to move the process forward as well as what pitfalls might pop-up and how to handle them. To learn more about writing SOPs, check out my blog: http://wqatsqatalk.blogspot.com/.

After the May 16th meeting, we will hold our final session in September. For those of you looking to switch jobs or is just looking for new opportunities, come out! You will be in for a treat - and an opportunity of a life time. You don't want to miss this one either!!

Friday, February 13, 2009

SOCRA MEETING UPDATE

Metro-Georgia Society of Clinical Research Associates

Developing Effective SOP Systems

Date: March 14, 2009

Place: Cross Creek Café
1221 Cross Creek Parkway
Atlanta, GA 30327

Time: 10:00 – Noon

Speaker: Sarah Wilson, BS., MS.,CCRP


For information about the speaker, go to http://www.wqats.com/aboutus.html

For directions to the meeting, go to http://www.crosscreekcafe.com/directions-2006.htm

All clinical research professionals are welcome. Invite a friend or colleague. (Note: Certificate of training will be given to members only).

Please RSVP to gasocrainfo@yahoo.com by March 12, 2009. The restaurant will collect $10 for brunch from all attendees.