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GLP-1, CRA, IRB, FDA… Decoding the Acronym Salad

IRB, FDA, NIH, CRC, ACTG. The clinical research acronym salad has no croutons, but it does shape the future of medicine.

Susan Moist, director of clinical trial operations at the UNC Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease, joins hosts Michael Sledge, vice president and chief business officer of the UNC School of Medicine’s Clinical Research Alliance (CRA), and Dr. John Buse to decode the acronyms that run clinical research.

They cover who does what at UNC, the approvals a study needs before it opens, where the funding comes from and the people who run a trial day to day. Plus, what…

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