In this episode, we delve into the crucial role clinical trials play in advancing dermatological treatments and enhancing skin health. Clinical trials are essential for demonstrating the effectiveness and safety of new treatments and interventions to prevent, detect, treat, or manage various medical conditions. They are key to improving our current disease management methods and shaping future medical practices.
We examine the unique aspects of dermatological clinical trials, the challenges they encounter, and the breakthroughs they achieve.
Our panel of experts for this episode includes, Director of Research at the Skin Health Institute, A/Prof Peter Foley, Director of Clinical Research & Advanced Targeted Therapies at the Skin Health Institute, Ms Sarah Chivers and Deputy Director of Research at St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, A/Prof Tam Nguyen.Â
Available on Spotify and Apple podcasts
Click the links below to start listening, and don’t forget to rate and review!
Podcasts
SPEAKERS
A/PROF PETER FOLEY
MS SARAH CHIVERS
A/PROF TAM NGUYEN
A/Prof Tam Nguyen has over 20 years of working in clinical trials, health and medical research and research management sector including tertiary teaching hospitals, medical research institutes and universities across Australia.
Tam is the deputy director of research at St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, responsible for research strategy, research development and innovation. Tam serves as non-executive director and advisor to several medtech and health tech start-ups and scale ups.
He holds academic appointments with Melbourne Medical School, Monash Medical School and RMIT University and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Public Health, Australian Institute of Managers and Leaders and Australasian Research Management Society.
DR LAXMI IYENGAR
Dr Laxmi Iyengar is a GP and education research fellow at the Skin Health Institute and Co-Host of the Spot Diagnosis Podcast. She is passionate about delivering evidence-based medical education for all medical professionals, promoting health equity and fostering interprofessional collaboration.
Please rate and review this podcast. We would really appreciate your feedback. This will help us to develop Spot Diagnosis for all our listeners.
If you like it, share it too.
Like what you hear? Become a subscriber and get new episodes as they become available. Get access to resources such as transcripts, recommended reading and research papers and earn CPD RACGP points for each episode.
Â
Â
