medical research volunteers

• Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation On Receiving End of Volunteers, Donors

At the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, dozens of researchers are working on projects to develop a better understanding of cancer and treatments for the disease. Rheal Towner and Robert Floyd have developed an experimental drug at OMRF that offers the first real hope against the deadly brain tumors known as gliomas.

• The Journal Record
• November 13, 2008

• Robert S. Ballard, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Norman A. Carlson, Director, Bureau of Prisons; Volunteers of America; Gene Finley, Community Program Manager; Gretchen Crosland, Assistant Program Director; Curtis Barnett, Counselor; Crispus Bosworth, Resident Manager; Ronnie James, Resident Employee; Michael Cohon, Resident Employee; George Stewart, Resident Employee; Friends Medical Science Research; Sharman Seth, Program Director, Defendants-Appellees., 882 F.2d 93 (4th Cir. 1989)

Steven H. Goldblatt, Director, Drois K. Bernstein, Maureen F. Del Duca, Supervising Attys., Patricia M. McGillan, Judith L. Wheat, Student Counsel, Ap...

• Federal Circuits

• Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation Seeks Volunteers for Rheumatoid Arthritis Studies

Scientists at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation are seeking rheumatoid arthritis patients to participate in one of several studies of new treatments. Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic illness mainly characterized by inflammation of the lining of the joints. The symptoms include pain, swelling and stiffness in the joint, and ultimately the disease can result in loss of function and disability. More than 2 million adults in the U.S. have rheumatoid arthritis.

• The Journal Record
• June 28, 2007

• Covance Gfi Volunteers Fuel Research Company

For medicine to advance, there must be medical research. And for medical research, there must be volunteers on which the research can be done, said Christi Bradley, executive director of Covance GFI Research, 800 St. Mary's Drive, Evansville.

• Evansville Courier & Press
• January 27, 2006

• Researchers Combine High-Dose Pill of Naturally-Occurring Hormone with Chemotherapy in Patients with Certain Types of Advanced Prostate Cancer

NORTH MIAMI BEACH, FL - Researchers at Innovative Medical Research of South Florida are exploring whether an investigational, high-dose vitamin D pill taken with Taxotere® (docetaxel), a chemotherapy treatment, will improve the survival rates of patients with androgen-independent prostate cancer (AIPC) while reducing some of the side effects caused by chemotherapy. Innovative Medical Research is one of approximately 200 medical centers in the United States and Canada seeking volunteers for the ASCENT-2 Phase 3 clinical study, which will evaluate the combination of DN-101 and Taxotere in men with AIPC. DN-101 is an investigational new drug being evaluated in clinical trials for the treatment of AIPC. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration have not approved DN-101. It is a proprietary, con...

• Westside Gazette
• August 13, 2009

• A Closer Look

Clinical trials are medical research studies to find an improved way to treat, prevent or diagnose an illness. Volunteers are required to prove the efficacy of the new approach.

• Boston Banner, The
• September 02, 2009

• Children Sought for Hyperbaric Oxygen Test

Wright State University's Boonshoft School of Medicine, Children's Medical Center and Kettering Medical Center need volunteers for research evaluating the effects of hyperbaric oxygen therapy for children with spastic cerebral palsy, a condition involving brain damage, rigid motor skills and learning disabilities. What is hyperbaric oxygen therapy?

• Dayton Daily News
• April 17, 2006

• Nonprofits poked their heads out from under recession to find gains.

... warehouse space in Haiti to funnel needed medical products to 115 healthcare partner facilities. The...Volunteers of America 955,957,493 96,024,813 16. American Can...'s Children's 741,422,566 659,370,821 Research Hospital 23. YWCA % 706,510,448 465,656,841 24. Fe...

• The Non-profit Times
• November 01, 2011

• Vince & Associates Clinical Research Opens Dedicated Neuropsychiatric Research Center.

... by providing effective study recruitment, medical management and oversight in study volunteers acros...

• Business Wire
• July 14, 2011

• When even the 'dollar value meal' costs too much: food insecurity and long term dependence on food pantry assistance.

.... Researchers are realizing there may be a greater dependence on... to afford basic necessities like housing, medical care, and food simultaneously. Many people choose ...* of the staff or volunteers at the pantry, few, if any, have formal management...

• Public Administration Quarterly
• Vol. 35 Nbr. 1, March 2011