{"id":315369,"date":"2022-09-26T14:27:27","date_gmt":"2022-09-26T21:27:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdnews.com\/?p=315369"},"modified":"2022-09-26T14:27:27","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T21:27:27","slug":"health-fair-event-about-clinical-trials-coming-to-san-diego","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/health-fair-event-about-clinical-trials-coming-to-san-diego\/","title":{"rendered":"Health fair event about clinical trials coming to San Diego"},"content":{"rendered":"

San Diegans are invited to learn more about why clinical trials matter and the benefits of participation at the upcoming\u00a0<\/span>Journey to Better Health |\u00a0<\/span><\/u><\/strong>AWARE for All<\/span><\/u><\/b><\/em><\/a>\u00a0\u2013 San Diego<\/span><\/u><\/b><\/em>,<\/em>\u00a0<\/i><\/strong>a free community\u00a0<\/b><\/em>event.\u00a0<\/b><\/em>The event is hosted by\u00a0<\/span>The Center for Information and Study on Clinical Research Participation<\/span><\/u><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(CISCRP), an independent nonprofit advocating for clinical trial education and participation, on Thursday, Oct. 6 from 5 to 8 p.m. at the San Diego Scottish Rite Event Center (1985 Camino Del Rio S, San Diego, CA 92108) in Mission Valley.<\/span><\/p>\n

Local clinical trial participants and healthcare professionals will take part in a panel discussion and exhibiting organizations will provide information and resources on clinical trials and research. Plus, attendees will be provided the opportunity to:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Learn what clinical research is and its role in public health<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Understand the benefits, and safeguards in place to protect study volunteers<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Receive information about how to find clinical trial research opportunities<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Meet local healthcare professionals and research participants<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Get a free memory screening (courtesy of\u00a0<\/span>Sharp Research Institute)\u00a0and health information from various local organizations<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re inviting the community to hear directly from San Diegans who have participated in clinical trials and the doctors who have led them,\u201d said CISCRP\u2019s Senior Director of Marketing, Communication and Education, Joan A. Chambers. “From the latest health advances to the medicines lining shelves at pharmacies, we so often take for granted what we have access to. This event helps people take control of their health and the opportunities for treatments that may be available to you and others now or in the future.”<\/span><\/p>\n

The growing list of participating organizations providing resources and\/or screenings includes<\/span>\u00a0Alzheimer\u2019s Association, American Liver Foundation, Community Health Improvement Partners, Excel Research, Leukemia Lymphoma Society, Liver Foundation, Pacific Research Network, San Diego County Immunization Unit, Sepsis Alliance, Sharp Research Center, The Scleroderma Foundation of California, VA San Diego Medical Center and Velocity Clinical Research. Healthcare organizations interesting in exhibiting or hosting a health screening at\u00a0AWARE for All<\/em>\u00a0can email\u00a0<\/span>awareforall@ciscrp.org<\/span><\/u><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

For more information or to register to the free event, visit\u00a0<\/span>bit.ly\/afa-sd<\/span><\/u><\/a>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/u><\/a>Attendees will also receive complimentary refreshments and a boxed dinner. Follow CISCRIP on Facebook (<\/span>C.I.S.C.R.P.<\/span><\/u><\/a>), Twitter (<\/span>@CISCRP<\/span><\/u><\/a>), Instagram (<\/span>@ciscrp<\/span><\/u><\/a>) and LinkedIn (<\/span>CISCRP<\/span><\/u><\/a>).<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

San Diegans are invited to learn more about why clinical trials matter and the benefits of participation at the upcoming\u00a0Journey to Better Health |\u00a0AWARE for All\u00a0\u2013 San Diego,\u00a0a free community\u00a0event.\u00a0The event is hosted by\u00a0The Center for Information and Study on Clinical Research Participation\u00a0(CISCRP), an independent nonprofit advocating for clinical trial education and participation, on Thursday, […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":837,"featured_media":313877,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"11557","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override_template":"0","override":[{"template":"3","single_blog_custom":"","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"1","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","show_zoom_button":"1","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"1","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"override_image_size":"0","image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post":"0","trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post":"0","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo_enable":"0","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":"","disable_ad":"0"},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":""},"jnews_social_meta":{"fb_title":"","fb_description":"","fb_image":"","twitter_title":"","twitter_description":"","twitter_image":""},"jnews_override_counter":{"override_view_counter":"0","view_counter_number":"0","override_share_counter":"0","share_counter_number":"0","override_like_counter":"0","like_counter_number":"0","override_dislike_counter":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[11557,11551],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-315369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mission-valley-news","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/837"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=315369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315369\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/313877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=315369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=315369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=315369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}