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CCTO Office Hours

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Quality Assurance Virtual Chat

This Zoom Virtual Chat is available to all CCTO staff where you can ask any quality related questions. Each discussion will be kept private. To join the meeting, please click on the link below and wait for a team member to let you into the virtual chat. There may be a short wait if there are other callers ahead of you, but we open the door as soon as we can. Even if you don’t have a question, feel free to call or logon to meet some of the Quality Assurance monitors.

Join our Quality Assurance Team in the Zoom Virtual Chat every Wednesday from 10-10:30am.

Zoom Link: https://stanford.zoom.us/j/95111693670
Passcode: 488792

If you are unable to attend the QA Virtual Chat, please send us your questions to dsmc-quality@stanford.edu

Reminder: HR Ticket System and Office Hours

Do you have HR questions?

Our SCI/CCTO HR Team is here to help! Submit a case ticket to your HR Team via AskMySCI-HR. 
Please use this link to submit requests, issues, and inquiries.

Join Your HR Team During our ZOOM Virtual Hour Mon, Wed, Fri from 2pm-3pm: 
https://stanford.zoom.us/j/895250203
Password: 800802

CCTO 800 WELCH CLEANING WEEK 2022

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January 31 – February 4

KEY FOCUSES

  • All main aisle ways MUST have a three-foot clearance and no physical hazards. (We have measuring tape and will be walking around with it.)
    • YOUR ACTION ITEM: Remove/Relocate carts, boxes, shelves, and all tripping hazards from the cubical and main egress aisle areas. 
  • Tops of shelves MUST be cleared of bulky, heavy, tippable, and fragile items. 
    • YOUR ACTION ITEM: Remove/Relocate ALL binders, boxes, file holders, plants, staplers, glass/ceramic ware, 3-hole punchers, mugs and everything else that may be on the tops of shelves.

ADMIN SUPPORT

  • All staff are welcome to CLEARLY LABEL boxes/items in their cube/office/team areas with the following notes, and an admin team member will come by to assist accordingly.
    • “Dispose” 
    • “Recycle”
    • “Do Not Touch” 

*If you choose to do so, please send a note to ccto-admin@stanford.edu so we know to stop by your CRG area to handle.

  • Conference Rooms have been reserved for additional organization space: 
    • FC280 – Jan. 31, Feb. 2, Feb. 3, Feb. 4
    • FC219 – Feb. 1
    • FC380 – Feb. 3

EXPECTATIONS

BREAK DOWN and PROPERLY DISPOSE of: Anything expired (most importantly space-consuming items such as kits/boxes) located within cube shelves, offices and general CRG areas.

  • Disposal Notes:
    • Plastic kit items without sharps or reagents: regular recycling 
    • Expired kit items with reagents/sharps/etc. are being collected for potential future recycling: FC280
    • Styrofoam & cold packs: FC280 & FC380 Thursday Feb. 3
    • Small amounts of unexpired kit items can go to CTRU, however they will not take bulk amounts
  • Assigned shelves for each cube should be sorted through and organized. Anything expired/unnecessary needs to be disposed of or, if possible, sent back to sponsor/provider.
  • Patient binders/study information not currently being used should be packed up and sent to Offsite Storage (VRC, Iron Mountain, etc.) in a timely manner.
  • General cleaning of personal cube/office area and CRG group areas
    • Remove ALL items from tops of shelves, underneath desks and aisle ways to be compliant with emergency safety requirements
    •  Discard anything broken or unusable
    • Return unused/unwanted CCTO electronics, supplies or other office equipment to the admin team

Quality Assurance Virtual Chat

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Happy New Year to all! 

We wanted to send a quick reminder that the Quality Assurance team is hosting a Zoom Virtual Chat where you can call or log on and ask any quality related questions. 

Examples of some topics you may bring are:

  • Delegation of Authority & Training Logs
  • Consenting process and various scenarios
  • Common monitoring review observations
  • DSMC monitoring process 
  • Deviations 

Please join us every Wednesday from 10-10:30 am.

Zoom Link: https://stanford.zoom.us/j/95111693670

Passcode: 488792

Even if you don’t have a question, feel free to call or log on and say, “Hi” and meet the Quality team members. 

If you are unable to join the Zoom virtual chat, please send your question to dsmc-quality@stanford.edu.

CCTO Open Positions

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There are a variety of positions open at the CCTO, see the chart below or visit Stanford Careers (search Cancer Clinical Trials Office). If you want to refer a friend, reach out to the CCTO HR Team at askmysci-hr@stanford.edu.   

Referral

SCI is offering a referral bonus of up to $1000 if your candidate is hired into an open position in SCI/CCTO. If you and the candidate fit the eligibility criteria, ask them to apply online and list your name under source tracking: employee referral. Please fill out the referral form and send it along with the candidate’s resume to the CCTO HR Team. More requirements and details are available on the referral form. If you have any questions about the referral program, please contact CCTO HR Team.

PositionGroupRequistion#
CRC2 (Lead)Breast89633
CRC2CCSB90642
CRC EducatorCCTO90430
RA3CCTO Finance92466
CRC2GI91944
CRC2 (Lead)GynOnc91658
CRMHeme91039
CRC2Heme91493
CRMLymphoma90842
CRCANCTN92629
CRCAPeds89660
CRMRadiology92308
CRC2RadOnc90479
CRCAThorOnc91921
CRCAThorOnc91923
CRCAThorOnc92413

Essentials of Clinical Research Course

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This 10-session course introduces the basics of clinical research design, including biostatistics, design of diagnostic and predictive test studies, and required/desired elements of clinical trial protocols. Participants will also gain an understanding of the regulatory aspects of clinical research conduct and oversight, Good Clinical Practice (GCP), and ethical dimensions of clinical research.

Open to faculty and staff. Certificate of completion awarded to those who attend a minimum of 8 of 10 sessions. Classes held on Thursdays from 4:00 – 6:00 pm beginning January 13 through March 17, 2021. 

Register here

This course provides a step-by-step model for how to design and conduct clinical research. Session topics include the following:

·         Getting Started: The Research Landscape

·         Designing and Conducting RCTs

·         Designing and Conducting Observational Studies

·         Design of Diagnostic Studies

·         Qualitative Research and Questionnaire Design

·         Research Reproducibility, Data Management, and Collection

·         Ethics and Clinical Research

·         Developing a Clinical Protocol

·         Running a Clinical Trial

·         Trial Closeout

Sessions taught by Stanford faculty and staff who are experts in the field of clinical research. Learn more

Questions? Contact Course Coordinator, Jessica Meyer MBA, at jpmeyer@stanford.edu

SCI is once again a NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center!

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Dear Colleagues,

I am thrilled to announce that the SCI has been successfully re-designated as a Comprehensive Cancer Center by the National Cancer Institute, one of only 51 such centers in the country.  This is the SCI’s first renewal as a NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center since first receiving the comprehensive designation in 2015.  Our designation is the result of the competitive Cancer Center Support Grant (CCSG) funding mechanism through the NCI’s Cancer Centers Program.  The SCI will receive a five-year, $21 million grant renewal for the funding period 2022 – 2027, a 20% increase in the funding provided to the SCI by the NCI. 

The NCI Cancer Centers Program was created as part of the National Cancer Act of 1971 and is one of the anchors of the nation’s cancer research effort. Through this program, NCI recognizes centers around the country that meet rigorous standards for transdisciplinary, state-of-the-art research focused on developing new and better approaches to preventing, diagnosing, and treating cancer.  Our success in being re-designated by the NCI is a reflection of our outstanding cancer science, translation, clinical research and clinical care.  It’s a shared accomplishment and a team effort by our superb faculty, trainees, nurses and staff.  I would like to once again express my deep gratitude to everyone involved in the complex and lengthy renewal process.

Sincerely,


Steve

STEVEN ARTANDI, MD, PhD

Laurie Kraus Lacob Director, Stanford Cancer Institute

Jerome and Daisy Low Gilbert Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry

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