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I have caused a bit of a stir at the Society of Biology with a jointly authored editorial on professional standards for membership. Email me if you want a reprint.
28th July 2009
I have been engaged to present the post-conference workshop at Clinical Outsourcing World 2010 in London on 5th February. The theme is project management of outsourced clinical trials.
25th March 2009
I gave a lecture on complementary and alternative medicine to the Science Café in Sherborne, Dorset.
26th January 2009 (my birthday as it happens!)
I gave a lecture on complementary and alternative medicine to the University of the Third Age in Salisbury.
11th June 2008
I gave the opening presentation at the Trainers' Forum meeting of the Institute of Clinical Research. I spoke on the current status of project management in the pharmaceutical industry.
2nd June 2008
The new book `Healing, Hype or Harm?' is launched, edited by Edzard Ernst. I contributed two chapters, one on the politics of complementary and alternative medicine (jointly with Professor Ernst), and one on evidence in health care - what it is, and how we get it. Available at Amazon.
16th April 2008
The new book `Pharmaceutical Project Management', edited by Tony Kennedy, has been published by Informa Healthcare. It contains my chapter on clinical trials. If you want to buy it, please ask me for a discount code. Details here
2nd March 2008
At last, after years of wondering whether I should, I have started a blog. Please visit, read and tell me what you think.
12th February 2008
I have been appointed an Expert Peer Reviewer for the National Institute of Health Research - Health Technology Assessment Programme. Good heavens, what a very long title. I hope this voluntary appointment is a bit more concise than its name.
1st January 2008
The new website goes live! Be sure to visit the Project Thoughts Archive. Lots of people have already subscribed to Project Thought for the Week, which gives you very short punchy ideas for better project management. All previous Thoughts are now collated into an interactive archive. Please comment on these if you like - challenge, disagree, whatever you want. On the Contact page, new subscribers can join as well.
13th September 2007
I was elected a Fellow of the Institute of Biology, the foremost body for professional biologists. This has been almost a lifelong ambition, and in the event was to a large extent awarded because of my voluntary work in support of evidence based medicine.
26th January 2007 (my birthday as it happened)
I gave an interview live to BBC Radio London, hosted by Vanessa Feltz, on homeopathy. Full story here.
23rd May 2006
I appeared on BBC TV Breakfast News, talking about the need for the National Health Service to practise evidence-based medicine. Full story here.
18th January 2006
At long last I decided to formalise my many years of experience in project managing clinical research, and was accepted as a full member of The Association for Project Management.
12th October 2005
After over 30 years in the pharmaceutical industry, it's nice to receive an accolade which reflects that. I have just been elected a Fellow of the Institute of Clinical Research, the leading professional body for clinical trials specialists whether from industry or academia.
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