This is a step-by-step, how-to manual for both experienced medical professionals and novices who are looking to enter the field of clinical trials.
Judy Stone, MD, is an infectious disease specialist who is Board Certified in Internal Medicine. She had a busy solo, 100 percent ID practice in rural Cumberland, Maryland.
In addition to her active clinical practice, Dr. Stone has had considerable experience attracting and successfully conducting numerous Phase 2 and 3 clinical trials for a variety of infectious disease indications over more than 20 years. She also is a speaker on antibiotics and infectious disease.
Dr. Stone volunteered to teach about HIV, STDs and infections in Dharamsala, India, in 2004. Subsequently, she attended the Gorgas Expert Course in Tropical Medicine in Lima, Peru, in 2005 and the Asian Tropical Infectious Disease Course in Bangkok, Thailand in 2006.
She has served on IDSA's Clinical Affairs Committee from 2005 - 2005, particularly enjoying the teaching and mentoring opportunities it has afforded her.
She is the author of the forthcoming books Volunteering in Clinical Research: A Consumer's Guide and Conducting Clinical Research:Forms and Templates. Dr. Stone is now a section lead author and editor on Medpedia.