From Idea to Impact: Your Partner in Clinical Research That Matters
Participants at the Fundamental Statistic Course
In 2025, the Department of Clinical Research introduced a blended learning approach, combining flexible at-home learning with practical in-person sessions. This allows participants to learn at their own pace while still benefiting from hands-on experience and direct exchange with experts.
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Certificates
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Course Participants
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Course dates
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DCR Course Programmes
399
GCP Course Participant Registrations in total
120
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Learn more about our courses here.
The Clinical Trials in Action for Clinicians course provides clinicians with practical insight into modern clinical research through exposure to activities at the Clinical Trial Unit (CTU), Clinical Investigator Unit (CIU), and the Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) Program, linking clinical practice with translational and patient-centered research.
Medical Grant Writing for Clinicians offers a course program focused on planning, writing, developing, and revising scientific grant application materials. Participants attend group workshops and receive individual writing consultations.
Fundamental Statistics for Clinicians
The Fundamental Statistics for Clinicians course equips clinicians with core statistical skills for clinical research. Participants learn key statistical principles, common study designs, formulation of research questions, and the fundamentals of statistical analysis plans and study protocols. The course also introduces advanced trial designs, including adaptive, factorial, and cluster-randomized studies, and their implications for implementation, interpretation, and ethics.
DCR offers a swissethics-recognized Good Clinical Practice curriculum, revised in accordance with ICH E6(R3), tailored to different roles in clinical research, including Basic and Advanced GCP training as well as GCP refresher courses.
The Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) orients course participants with foundational information about PPI during in-person courses that provide theoretical foundations for understanding PPI and its role in clinical research. Course participants come away with foundational and experiential knowledge for using PPI in their own clinical research projects, as well as understanding value-based reasons for doing so.
The REDCap® Database Implementation course will provide an introduction to the Clinical Data Management System REDCap® and is designed for persons who plan to set up their own study in REDCap®. Additionally useful tips regarding the design of Case Reports Forms (CRFs) are provided. After the course researchers will be able to set up their own database in REDCap®.
DCR Lectures
in 2025
Month
Lecturer
Presentation
January
Prof. Dr. Kristina Adorjan
Multidimensional and population-based genetico-epidemiological research in Africa. Focus on psychosis, substance abuse and trauma
February
Dr. Kristina Keitel
IMCIPlus- undertaking pragmatic/embedded trials in Africa
March
Prof. Dr. Sarah Brüningk
AI for personalized Oncology applications –
Modeling spatio-temporal tumor growth
April
PD Dr Berna Özdemir
Sex and Gender in Cancer Care:
Where We Are and What’s Next
May
Prof. Dr. Dr. Benjamin Ineichen
Evidence-based approaches in drug discovery using large language models
June
Dr. Eric Heymann
Clinician wellbeing in Emergency Medicine: a global phenomenon
July
Prof. Dr. Dr. Carole Bourquin
The impact of obesity on the response to
immune checkpoint inhibitors
August
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no lecture
September
Prof. Dr. Antje-Christin Knopf
Particle Therapy and the Model-based Approach for Patient Selection
October
Prof. Dr. Stavroula Mougiakakou
Artificial Intelligence for Personalized Diabetes Self-Management
October
(Special DCR Lecture)
Prof. John Simes
Randomized evidence to improve practice:
some personal experiences over the past few decades
November
Dr. Eva Pedersen
Gender inequalities in academic career paths
December
(Special DCR Lecture)
Dr. Tamzin Cuming
Breaking the silence – Lessons for a better future
Find past DCR Lectures on our Youtube Channel.
Interested in upcoming DCR Lectures? Find them here.