The event Clinical Trial Essentials–An Intensive Course  at the University of California Extension, Santa Cruz at the Cupertino Campus on March 12-16, 2007.  The program will examine the many facets of the clinical trial process.  The program instructors will include:

• EUGENIA BUDMAN, who has over 20 years of industry experience, in roles including clinical data management and programming, clinical operations, project management, finance, software installation and development. She is currently the manager of the Data Management, Biostats and Systems groups at Abbott Vascular.
• R. MICHAEL CROMPTON, J.D., M.P.H., who is a regulatory affairs professional with over 20 years of experience in the medical device industry. He has held senior management positions at medical device start-ups as well as multi-national medical device corporations and practiced law at a leading food and drug law firm.
• MICHAEL HUSTON, M.B.A., who is the president of Huston Associates, LLC, has more than 20 years of experience in the life science industry, from basic research to strategic drug development. Mr. Huston has directed project teams through preclinical evaluations, Phase 1-3 clinical studies, and numerous regulatory submissions.
• JACQUIE MARDELL, B.A., who has more than 20 years of pharmaceutical and biotech industry experience in both large and small companies. She has a broad background in planning, implementation and analysis of Phase 1-4 clinical trials and has lead teams in the preparation and execution of clinical development place in a wide range of therapeutic areas.
• JEAN MASONEK, RN, B.S.N., who has worked in drug safety for a large multinational pharmaceutical corporation and mid-sized and small biotech companies in the Bay Area. She is currently drug safety manager at a small pharmaceutical company on the peninsula.  
• FRANCES A. MCKENNEY, M.S., who is the director of GCP compliance at Genitope. Ms. McKenney has 20 years experience in the pharmaceutical/biotechnology industry working for both sponsor/manufacturers and a CRO.
• TAMMY MORTON-TAYLOR, M.S., who is a clinical project manager for Bailer Research, a contract research organization specializing in cardiovascular medical devices. She has 16 years of research experience, with more than 10 years devoted to coordinating, monitoring and managing clinical trials.
• NANETTE NANJO-JONES, M.B.A., who is the former director of contracts and proposals/business development for ICON Clinical Research, is now an independent outsourcing consultant. She has more than 12 years of experience in the biotechnology/pharmaceutical industry, from financial analysis to clinical-site budget negotiation and contracts management.
• EDWARD ROZHON, Ph.D., who is the senior manager of clinical trial management at Genentech and was formerly the associate director of development planning and program management at PPD Development. Dr. Rozhon has 18 years of pharmaceutical experience in preclinical and clinical areas of drug discovery and development.
• PETER SHABE, M.S., who is president of Advance Research Associates, Inc., a contract research organization (CRO) providing data-management and biostatistical services to medical-device, biotech and pharmaceutical industries.