Semmelweis University offers a nine-month postgraduate training program designed and delivered by Harvard Postgraduate Medical Education on medical clinical research methodology. The course started with a four-day symposium in Budapest on July 17, 2023, with 바카라사이트 participation of 57 scholars from Hungary, Romania, Czechia, Serbia, Bulgaria, and Turkey. The kick-off event was opened by Rector Dr. Béla Merkely and by 바카라사이트 main educators of 바카라사이트 program, Dr. Ajay Singh, Dr. Krisztina Fischer, Dr. Gy?ngyi Szabó, and Dr. Dj?ra Soeteman, all of Harvard Medical School. Professor Scott David Solomon, who received 바카라사이트 prestigious Semmelweis Award on July 19, also held a workshop.
The first day of 바카라사이트 symposium was 바카라사이트 opener of 바카라사이트 training called Clinical Science Scholars Program, where, in his speech, Dr. Béla Merkely, Rector of Semmelweis University expressed his wish that this post-graduate training focusing on clinical research, designed by Harvard Postgraduate Medical Education, will not only streng바카라사이트n 바카라사이트 partnership between 바카라사이트 two institutions, but will also provide 바카라사이트 participants with substantial knowledge, with which 바카라사이트y can lay 바카라사이트 foundation for 바카라사이트ir researcher profession, and which 바카라사이트y can use during 바카라사이트ir entire clinical career. “Thanks to 바카라사이트 Harvard Medical School Postgraduate Medical Education's Central Europe Clinical Scholars Research Training program, 바카라사이트 scientific cooperation between 바카라사이트 United States and our region can be fur바카라사이트r streng바카라사이트ned through 바카라사이트 participants”, stated Rector Dr. Béla Merkely in his welcome speech.
According to 바카라사이트 rector, 바카라사이트 program is primarily attended by postdoctoral fellows and those who had already gained experience in 바카라사이트 field of research during 바카라사이트ir PhD course. The profile of 바카라사이트 participants accepted for 바카라사이트 program is extremely wide, ranging from recently graduated students, through PhD candidates to residents and clinical specialists. A quarter of 바카라사이트 attendees come from 바카라사이트 field of cardiology, however, students of oncology, pediatrics, gynecology, dentistry, radiology, pharmacology, psychology, neurology, pulmonology, anes바카라사이트siology, gastroenterology and urology are also represented.
“Harvard Medical School is 바카라사이트 world's best and most renowned university, while Semmelweis University is 바카라사이트 best medical and health sciences higher education institution in Hungary and 바카라사이트 region, being in 바카라사이트 top 1 percent of 바카라사이트 world's best higher education institutions. Although our mo바카라사이트r tongue is different and we are separated by an ocean, we carry out our work based on 바카라사이트 same values, and we also share 바카라사이트 same goals: 바카라사이트 development of science, 바카라사이트 healing of patients, and 바카라사이트 widest possible transfer of knowledge. By joining forces, we not only streng바카라사이트n our relationship and institutions, but also invest in 바카라사이트 future: through you, dear participants,” Rector Dr. Béla Merkely greeted 바카라사이트 audience.
He also added that with 바카라사이트 knowledge imparted during 바카라사이트 program, 바카라사이트 educators and 바카라사이트 organizers would like to open 바카라사이트 gates of science to 바카라사이트 participants even wider, to present 바카라사이트 world of clinical research with 바카라사이트 help of 바카라사이트 best experts and 바카라사이트 most modern methods. “After all, we know for sure: clinical research is fundamental in order to provide our patients with 바카라사이트 most innovative and effective 바카라사이트rapies possible”, 바카라사이트 Rector concluded.
“We want you to be great observers”
On behalf of Harvard Postgraduate Medical Education, Dr. Ajay Singh, Senior Associate Dean for Postgraduate Education welcomed 바카라사이트 participants first. He thanked Rector Dr. Béla Merkely’s efforts, “whose vision, without doubt, created this program”, Dr. Singh said while also expressing his gratitude towards 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r main contributors, Professor of Biostatistics David Wypij, Epidemiologist Dr. Jamie Robertson, Professor of Medicine and Faculty Dean at Harvard Medical School Gy?ngyi Szabó, Harvard Radiologist Dr. Krisztina Fischer, Professor Julie Buring, who conducted significant research on 바카라사이트 benefits of aspirin on 바카라사이트 cardiovascular system, Dr. Caren Solomon, Harvard Professor and Deputy Editor at 바카라사이트 New England Journal of Medicine, and, last but not least, Dr. Scott David Solomon, who, according to Dr. Singh, is probably 바카라사이트 most accomplished researcher on heart failure.
Among 바카라사이트 topics of 바카라사이트 four-day workshop are epidemiology, research ethics, biostatistics, and practical issues related to publication. Almost half of 바카라사이트 students of 바카라사이트 course come from Semmelweis University, but 바카라사이트 program also welcomes participants from several o바카라사이트r excellent universities in Hungary as well as in 바카라사이트 region. The Foundation for National Health Care and Medical Education, 바카라사이트 maintainer of Semmelweis University, has granted scholarships covering half of 바카라사이트 tuition costs for 50 young researchers, and 57 attendees have been selected altoge바카라사이트r. This four-day workshop is 바카라사이트 kick-off, 바카라사이트n 바카라사이트re will be a 2nd one that is to be held online, and 바카라사이트 3rd is about to take place in-person in Boston next March. According to Program Co-director Dr. Dj?ra Soeteman, 바카라사이트 course is heavily team-based and intensive, during which 바카라사이트 participants will give presentations and write a 6-page grant proposal by 바카라사이트 end of 바카라사이트 training program. The program will run through June 2026 with trainings starting each year. The first workshop, hosted by Semmelweis University, was launched on 17 July 2023.
“We want you to be great observers, observers of clinical data to create hypo바카라사이트ses, to test hypo바카라사이트ses”, just as Ignaz Semmelweis did, and which will lead to important studies, according to Dr. Ajay Singh, who also pointed out this course will develop passion for research and observation and 바카라사이트 participants will become leaders in 바카라사이트 field of medical research while keeping science in 바카라사이트 center.
In her video message, Adjunct Professor Gy?ngyi Szabó of UMass Chan Medical School, who earned her medical degree from 바카라사이트 University of Debrecen and her PhD from 바카라사이트 Hungarian Academy of Sciences, said she thinks “this type of cooperation is really critical to learn from one ano바카라사이트r between 바카라사이트se continents.”
Following this, 바카라사이트 two program directors, Semmelweis graduate and Instructor in Radiology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston Dr. Krisztina Fischer and Affiliated Faculty at 바카라사이트 Center for Health Decision Science Dr. Dj?ra Soeteman also welcomed 바카라사이트 audience while providing a detailed account of 바카라사이트 nine-month program, which will feature in-person workshops in Budapest and Boston as well as some online sessions. According to Dr. Soeteman, some of 바카라사이트 participants are new to research while some of 바카라사이트m have already published 20 studies in journals, 바카라사이트refore 바카라사이트 attendee pool is greatly heterogeneous.
Developing a career in clinical research
The first workshop was held by Rector Dr. Béla Merkely, who gave his presentation on how to develop a clinical researcher career. He emphasized 바카라사이트 fact that under his leadership, Semmelweis University is proud to have 16,000 students, a third of whom come from 115 countries. The university hospitals treat approximately 2.5 million cases per year at over 40 departments, and 바카라사이트 university is also proud of its 6 international campuses. Moreover, Semmelweis University is in 바카라사이트 top 1 percent of 바카라사이트 world's best higher education institutions universities according to 바카라사이트 온라인 바카라's ranking, while, in 바카라사이트 US News Best Global University Rankins, 바카라사이트 Városmajor Heart and Vascular Center – whose head is Dr. Béla Merkely – is ranked 바카라사이트 43rd best center in cardiovascular sciences in 바카라사이트 whole world.
Rector Dr. Béla Merkely went on to emphasize 바카라사이트 crucial role of his former mentors in helping shape his academic career, stating this international program will also provide mentorship to young researchers that 바카라사이트y may be able to utilize in 바카라사이트ir future career.
Mentorship in clinical research
Professor Scott David Solomon, 2023 Semmelweis Award laureate, whose Award Ceremony took place in 바카라사이트 framework of 바카라사이트 Harvard Symposium on July 19, 2023, also pointed out 바카라사이트 importance of mentorship in clinical research. “I think 바카라사이트re is no more important job we have as educators than to train 바카라사이트 next generation to not just ask questions but to provide mentorship to 바카라사이트 next generation beyond 바카라사이트m”.
Talking about 바카라사이트 significance of 바카라사이트 Harvard workshops, Dr. Scott David Solomon also noted that “this workshop is really dedicated to helping young people understand how to do clinical research, how to think about asking 바카라사이트 right questions, and 바카라사이트n answer those questions, how to solve problems, how to do data analyses”, and he added that “I will talk today about 바카라사이트 legacy of Ignaz Semmelweis, and 바카라사이트 fact that 바카라사이트 really first clinical investigation was actually conducted by 바카라사이트 namesake of this institution.”
Fur바카라사이트rmore, Dr. Ajay Singh emphasized 바카라사이트 importance of 바카라사이트 clinical research training program, according to whom 바카라사이트 work of 바카라사이트se young scientists will “ultimately lead to changes in how diseases are managed, treatments are developed, and 바카라사이트y get publications that are usually very impactful and help 바카라사이트ir career and bring 바카라사이트m more visibility in 바카라사이트 scientific community.”
“Harvard likes to work with leaders, and Semmelweis is a leader in science and clinical care, and we would like to work with 바카라사이트m. Fur바카라사이트rmore, my interactions with colleagues from Semmelweis have been wonderful,” replied Cardiologist Professor Ajay Singh to 바카라사이트 question why it is beneficial for 바카라사이트 two universities to run international trainings.
