BIOS Clinical Trials Coordinating Center

05/21/2025

Registration now open for MIS ICH Consensus Conference!
www.misich.org

04/10/2025

Save the Date: MIS ICH Consensus Conference July 26, 2025 Baltimore

The MIS ICH Consensus Conference has been developed at the suggestion of the NINDS clinical trials group with the goal of defining critical questions regarding MIS in ICH. The conference will bring together a wide-ranging and comprehensive group of field-leading experts as well as the stroke community at large to define the specific discoveries needed to produce level one evidence regarding the possible value of MIS.

We look forward to seeing you in Baltimore.
Johns Hopkins University
Daniel Hanley, MD
Wendy Ziai, MD
Karen Lane, CMA
Andrew Mould, MPH
Nichol McBee, MPH, ACRP-CP

University of Chicago
Issam Awad, MD
Sean Polster, MD
Agnieszka Stadnik, MS

UCLA
Paul Vespa, MD
Geoff Colby, MD

The MIS ICH Symposium Planning Committee
MISICH@jh.edu
410-361-7999

03/25/2025

“A researcher’s idea is like a seed; the university is the ground where the seed is planted; and the NIH provides the water and sunlight to help it grow.”

Johns Hopkins University joins lawsuit to block cuts to NIH research funding, a sudden policy shift that jeopardizes potential discoveries, treatments, and cures for a range of diseases and illnesses

02/05/2025

A Florida non-profit blood center has become the first to receive full FDA approval to provide convalescent plasma to immunocompromised COVID-19 patients—supported by data from a study we're proud to have coordinated!

Hopkins researchers help secure full FDA approval to treat immunocompromised COVID-19 patients—paving the way to explore using convalescent plasma during future infectious disease outbreaks

01/08/2025

"Making big changes in how we deliver medicine and health care is our ultimate goal, and to get there, we need to have more trials, better trials and faster trials. That’s what drives us."

Experts in Johns Hopkins’ BIOS Clinical Trials Coordinating Center have been helping researchers move from single-site to multisite clinical trials for a quarter century.

12/11/2024

Are you interested in contemporary methods for efficient clinical trial design and analysis?

View four talks by prominent statisticians and trialists:
https://trialinnovationnetwork.org/2024/10/18/didact-symposium/

07/19/2024

Could a watch tell you when to take meds? The REACT-AF described here hopes to discover if atrial fibrillation patients can safely cut back on blood thinners.

Some doctors are telling patients to get the watch to help manage their conditions.

07/19/2024

04/26/2024

We just added several open positions to our careers page including and hybrid openings based in Baltimore, MD.

Career Opportunities at BIOS CTCC BIOS CTCC seeks to attract, hire, and retain talented and dedicated employees. If you are interested in joining our team, we encourage you to review the postings b…

04/25/2024

We hosted colleagues from Vanderbilt and the University of Utah at a couple days of face-to-face meetings here at Baltimore's Inner Harbor. Thanks for visiting!

03/22/2024

When medications have serious side effects, clinicians have to balance the benefits and risks. The REACT-AF trial is testing whether smartwatches can improve dosing for atrial fibrillation.

The Rhythm Evaluation for AntiCoagulaTion with Continuous Monitoring of Atrial Fibrillation (REACT-AF) clinical trial compares the current standard of care for AF versus a novel strategy of precise…

03/13/2024

Have you heard of using a "truth sandwich" or prebunking?

Learn about those and more in the "Practical playbook for addressing health misinformation" from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

The guide offers a hands-on approach to help public health practitioners, medical professionals, and health communicators recognize and respond to health-related rumors and misinformation