Meet Sheona Scales, Head of the ECMC Programme Office
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To celebrate International Women’s Day, we sat down with the new Head of the ECMC Programme Office, Sheona Scales. We got to know Sheona, discussed her new role, her vision for the Programme Office and what International Women’s Day means to her.
ECMC Network meeting 2023
Event
The ECMC Network meeting is an opportunity to network and meet other ECMC members to hear about the latest developments across the network. In the morning plenary session delegates will hear about the achievements of the network in the last 6 years, whilst considering where the network sits in the...
JING: Training the Next Generation 2023
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Last month (Feb-23), we held the 10th annual Junior Investigator Network Group (JING): Training the Next Generation event. About 100 people from across the ECMC network attended the two-day event in Leicester, to learn more about early phase trial design. This course is a mixture of lectures and interactive sessions,...
Cardiff Paediatric ECMC
Centre
Cardiff Paediatric ECMC is located at the Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospital for Wales (NACHfW) on the outskirts of the city. The dedicated children’s hospital was opened in 2005 and was the first purpose-built children's hospital in Wales. Children with cancer are treated on Rainbow Ward and Teenagers and Young Adults...
Hear from the new ECMC Funder, the Little Princess Trust
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We sat down with Phil Brace, Chief Executive of the Little Princess Trust (LPT) to find out more about why he wanted to get involved in the ECMC network and his hopes for the future. Can you tell us a bit about the vision and aims of LPT? Our vision...
Join the ECMC Bladder Network Group
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The Barts, Glasgow, King's Health Partners and Southampton ECMCs have the pleasure to announce the foundation of the ECMC Bladder Network Group. This group aims to bring together a range of collaborators with specialist interests in urothelial cancer trials and ground-breaking translational research opportunities. The ECMC Bladder Network Group will...
Call for lead investigators for the DETERMINE trial
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DETERMINE (Determining Extended Therapeutic indications for Existing drugs in Rare Molecularly defined Indications using a National Evaluation platform trial) is a multi-drug, precision medicine trial for adults, teenagers and children with rare cancers. The DETERMINE trial is calling for motivated clinicians who may be interested and/or have experience with rare...
ECMC network response to Lord O'Shaughnessy's review into commercial clinical trials in the UK
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Here we highlight how the ECMC network's activities will support our delivery partners in their response to the recommendations highlighted in Lord O'Shaughnessy's review into the commercial clinical trials landscape.
The ECMC is working hard to streamline site selection
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Introducing: The ECMC Network-Level Feasibility Standard (NLFS) Working in collaboration with the ECMC Centre Business Lead s (CBL) Forum and i ndustry partners , the ECMC Programme Office is thrilled to announce the creation of our Network-Level Feasibility Standard (NLFS). The NLFS centralises the capabilities, expertise , knowledge and infrastructure...
Becoming an ECMC: The Quinquennial Review Process
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Becoming a part of the ECMC Network involves a robust peer- review of applica tions by independent interna tional experts . The ECMC Programme O ffice has created a summary document that details the quality of expertise required of sites to be awarded ECMC status. To view and share this...