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The staff of Clinical Research Training Online, Inc. brings almost a hundred years of pharmaceutical clinical research and clinical research training experience to this company. 

 

Clinical Research Training Online, Inc. was founded in 2003.  Our mission is to provide the highest quality in online training programs to individuals intending to work in the clinical research field, and for those currently employed in the industry.  Over the years we trained thousands of clinical research coordinators, clinical research associates, clinical managers, investigators, project managers and others seeking professional training programs in pursuit of career opportunities in the above professions.  The founding partner of our company was previously VP of Clinical Training for a major CRO/Clinical Research consulting firm. 

 

Our courses were developed by professionals who have extensive experience in their field.  All of our training programs are kept updated as changers occur within the regulatory and business environment.

 

  

John Snodgrass has spent thirty years in the Pharmaceutical Industry, most recently Vice President, Clinical Training Group for Barnett International; the largest Independent provider of clinical research classroom training programs in the world.  The number of people trained to become a CRA each year at Barnett was approximately 3000.  He developed and introduced the first Computer Based Training program for Clinical Research Associates worldwide.  This program was used by fourteen of the largest pharmaceutical manufacturers/CROs in the world to train their Clinical Research Associates.  During his tenure, the first Computer Based Training program for the Drug Development Process was also developed and introduced.  He designed, developed and introduced CRA training at the University level at four East Coast Universities in 1995.  He had previously held a number of positions with large pharmaceutical manufacturers.  He is the program developer and serves as a subject matter expert.

 

Graham May, MD is a physician with more than 25 years senior management experience in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device sectors in both Europe and the US.  Most recently, he was President of ClinTrials US (now Inveresk), a global contract research organization.  He has been directly responsible for several NDAs and PMAs in different therapeutic areas and spent time as a Visiting Scientist at the Clinical Trials Branch of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute in Bethesda, MD.  Graham was also a senior member of the global healthcare practice of Gemini Consulting, Inc. and has helped numerous companies with clinical development issues including regulatory strategy and study design.  He is a Fellow of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine and serves as advisor and subject matter expert.    

 

Michael Pierro, Instructor and Content Expert is an independent consultant whose business  focuses on providing consulting services to the Pharmaceutical Industry in the areas of clinical operations (study conduct), investigator meetings and training (live & Internet delivery). In this work, he draws on over 35 years of experience in clinical research and training, including nearly 25 years with Hoechst Marion Roussel Inc. (AVENTIS). Previously employed by Barnett International, Michael served as Director, Business Development, Consulting & Clinical Training responsible for business development of training programs and related consulting services, assessment of client needs, design of the strategy for development and delivery of creative training solutions to meet their educational goals both domestic and international.  Prior to joining Barnett, Michael was Director of Global Training for Hoechst Marion Roussel's (HMR) Global Clinical Quality Assurance Department.  He directed all technical training programs and activities throughout the world. He established auxiliary training departments at company sites in North America, Europe and Japan, and developed a network of training correspondents that extended across all worldwide subsidiaries conducting clinical studies.  He also was Manager of Technical Training and Continuous Improvement, Clinical Research Manager Phase 4 Operations, a Senior Clinical Research Associate in the firm's Medical Research Department.  He was a Research Scientist at Warner Lambert Company (Pfizer) and spent six years with Sandoz-Wander, Inc. (NOVARTIS) as Research Assistant in the Pharmacology Department, and as a Clinical Research Associate.

 

Michael holds a BS degree with a Major in Biology and a Minor in Chemistry from Fairleigh Dickinson University. He is affiliated with the Associates of Clinical Pharmacology, DIA and the American Society for Training and Development, and has made presentations at many professional conferences.  

 

 

Al Bartolucci, Ph.D.,
 
Dr. Bartolucci is Professor of Biostatistics at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and has been a statistical researcher and collaborator for the past 28 years Dr. Bartolucci has actively collaborated in all projects in determining sample size and data analysis strategies.
 
Dr. Bartolucci also supervises and monitors data management staff for several collaborative studies both locally and nationally. He also monitors progress of the projects and Cores including the Biostatistical Core for the UAB Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (ADRC). He is PI of that particular Core. As concerns data management personnel he monitors and examines data on an ongoing basis, designs and directs appropriate analyses, and participates in interpreting and reporting results. He serves as a training resource to UAB investigators. He regularly mentors young investigators on training and start up grant awards.
 
Dr. Bartolucci has served as principal investigator on several national and international clinical trial coordinating centers sponsored by the NIH for the past 30 years including the Southeastern Cancer Study Group, Urologic Oncology Group, Intergroup Melanoma Study and the VA sponsored Gulf War Veteran’s Study. He is currently the Director of the Statistical Core for the National Study of Ozone Effect on Infant Development sponsored by the NIEHS. He has had many years of experience and collaboration with clinical and basic science investigators. He is also consultant to the Section on Statistical Genetics at UAB.