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Acknowledgements
UNDERSTANDING CLINICAL TRIAL DESIGN: A TUTORIAL FOR RESEARCH ADVOCATES
Funding for this tutorial was provided by the Department of Defense Center of
Excellence Grant in Breast Cancer Research at Indiana University to the Research
Advocacy Network Advocate Institute. Copies can be downloaded from the
Research Advocacy Network website at www.researchadvocacy.com.
Reviewers:
We gratefully acknowledge the important role and dedication of significant time
to review the tutorial:
• Connie Cirrincione, MS, Cancer and Leukemia Group B Staff Statistician
• Mary Elliott, Breast Cancer Advocate
• Susan Nathanson, PhD, Breast Cancer Advocate and former Executive Director,
Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization
• Anne O’Neill, MS, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group
• Elda Railey, Co-Founder Research Advocacy Network
• Mary Lou Smith, JD, MBA, Co-Founder Research Advocacy Network
Appreciation is also expressed to the following for additional feedback and advice
to the author:
• Dan Hayes, MD, University of Michigan
• Marion Perlmutter, PhD, University of Michigan
• Don Berry, PhD, MD Anderson Cancer Center
Research Advocacy Network
The Research Advocacy Network is a non-profit organization working to
bring together all participants in the medical research process with the focus
on education, support and connecting patient advocates with the research
community to improve patient care. The Research Advocacy Network has
started the Advocate Institute to educate and equip patient advocates with
basic scientific knowledge and a better understanding of the research system.
The Institute employs the newest technologies to facilitate knowledge
transfer.
Jane Perlmutter, PhD
Jane Perlmutter is a consultant-evaluator for the Higher Learning
Commission and a frequent facilitator for its Academic Quality Improvement
Program Strategy Forums and other programs. She has numerous publications
and a Distinguished Teaching Award. Her formal education includes
Masters degrees in Educational Psychology and Computer Science, and a
Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology from the University of Massachusetts in
Amherst. She also received an MBA from New York University’s Executive
Program. Jane is a long-term breast cancer survivor and research advocate.
She can be contacted at janep@gemini-grp.com.