Education & Training For High School Students For Graduate Students Oncology Summer Internship (OSI) For Faculty Cancer Clinical Trial Bootcamp Mentorship, Education & Training Program Cancer Clinical Trial Bootcamp Home Education For Faculty Cancer Clinical Trial Bootcamp Applications Now Open Deadline: January 14, 2025 APPLY NOW Advance Your Clinical Research Career. The Cancer Clinical Trial Bootcamp is an intensive 16-week program that equips clinical faculty and fellows with the skills to systematically design and write investigator-initiated cancer clinical trial protocols. At the start of the program, participants present two trial ideas for development. By the program's conclusion, participants will submit a fully developed protocol for at least one of their ideas. The program features eight bi-weekly, 2-hour in-person sessions led by CFCCC investigators. Each session combines a 45-minute didactic lecture with 1-hour group mentorship focused on protocol development. Between sessions, participants apply what they’ve learned to complete bi-weekly assignments and draft protocol components, aiming to complete and submit a fully developed protocol by the program's conclusion. Timeline & Eligibility Timeline: December 6, 2025: Call for applications released January 14, 2025: Application deadline January 31, 2025: Participants selected and notified February 26, 2025 – June 4, 2025: Eight in-person sessions, every other Wednesday 6:00PM – 8:00PM June 23, 2025: Master protocol submission deadline Eligibility: Must be a clinical fellow/faculty member who desires a career with a substantial cancer clinical research component. Must be able to attend all in-person session dates. Must commit to writing and submitting a completed master protocol by the program's conclusion. Syllabus Participants are required to attend all sessions in-person from 6:00PM - 8:00PM. Topics and speakers are subject to change. Session Date Topic Speakers 1 Wednesday, February 26, 2025 Course Overview; Ethical Considerations; Generating a Hypothesis Edward Nelson, MD; TBN 2 Wednesday, March 12, 2025 Determination of Study Endpoints; Phase 2 Trial Design Jason Zell, DO, MPH; Warren Chow, MD 3 Wednesday, March 26, 2025 Statistical Considerations; Phase 3 Trial Design; Phase 1 Design & Feasibility Trials; IND/IDE Jason Zell, DO, MPH; Argyrios Ziogas, PhD 4 Wednesday, April 9, 2025 Inclusion/Exclusion Criteria; Evaluations & Study Calendars Elizabeth Brem, MD; TBN 5 Wednesday, April 23, 2025 Safety, Data Storage & Reporting Alexandre Chan, PharmD, MPH; TBN 6 Wednesday, May 7, 2025 Diversity in Clinical Trials; Strategies for Recruiting Minoritized Patients in Clinical Trials Sora Tanjasiri, DrPH, MPH; Ursula Worsham, EdD; Jason Zell, DO, MPH 7 Wednesday, May 21, 2025 Data Analysis, Publication & Next Steps TBN 8 Wednesday, June 4, 2025 Funding Discussion; Panel Q&A All above faculty Questions For questions about the Cancer Clinical Trial Bootcamp, contact Kimberly Castellanos at kecastel@hs.uci.edu.