Current Organisation

Groupe de Recherche Action en Sante (GRAS)

Current Job Title

PhD Student

Biography

Project Title

Zentrum für Klinische Studien ZKS Tübingen (ZKS), Germany

EDCTP Project Call

EDCTP Clinical Research & Development Fellowship (R&D F)

Host Organisation

Project Objectives

- Integration into an experienced multidisciplinary research team - Attending targeted training workshops and international conferences - Hands-on training in the host organization - skills transfer with peers/ Team working

Study Design

Placement

Project Summary

I have the ambition to become a leader in conducting clinical trials on tropical infectious diseases including project management in vaccine development. For this I need to improve my skills, strengthen my experience and get training in a specific area: - Project management in vaccine and drugs development - Conducting clinical trial at different steps of its development including Standard Operating Procedures and ICH-GCP principles trainings. - Managerial and monitoring aspects of clinical trial including safety assessment and reporting. - Clinical Protocol writing ( study design, sample size calculation) - Ethics-Regulatory requirement in product development - Training and education in clinical trial - Management of clinical trial documents The objectives of those training is: - To have advanced skills on the practical aspects of managing vaccine and drugs development - To have advanced knowledge on different steps and activities in conducting clinical research projects - To perform the basic activities to conduct a clinical trial according Good Clinical Practice - To write scientific reports and publication - To write grant application After successfully completing of this fellowship , I will return to my home institution where I will play a leadership role in research activities conducted. Upon my return, the advanced knowledge and skills that I will gain during my training at my host organization on the identified areas,will be shared with my colleagues. My reintegration will be done through the following axes: 1/Strengthen research capacity: To strengthen the skills and knowledge of GRAS young researchers. To provide continuous methodological support to young researchers involved in training programs, in order to allow them to complete these long-term trainings which are the main pillars for their career development. 2/ Build strategic partnership with the host organization for the conducting of clinical researches in the GRAS. This will provide a research environment which will attract and retain young local scientists, allowing continued growth of the GRAS. 3/Strengthen South-South partnership between GRAS and the other research Centers in Burkina Faso through the methodological support that I will provide to the researchers from these Centers who are in need. This will increase the visibility of the GRAS, at the national level. 4/Organize workshop on scientific writing this will allow young researchers to share their research findings globally. 5/Write and submit at least 02 research papers for publication in peer-reviewed journals. It will have a lot of data set collected during previous and ongoing studies. 6/Develop and submit a study protocol on tropical infectious disease for a small grant. 7/ write a progress report of ongoing studies in my home organization