What are Clinical Trials & Why are they Important

In a four-part series on What are Clinical Trials & Why are they Important, you will learn:

Part 1: The Science Behind Clinical Trials - Dr. Michael Koren talks about The Science of Clinical Trials, What makes a good Clinical Trial, good? You will be introduced to:

• R.A. Fisher
• Lady Tasting Tea
• Truth vs Faith
• Experiments
• Clinical Trials

Part 2: High School Science Fair & Clinical Research. In this second episode, Dr. Michael Koren, a New York Central High School alumni, takes us back to High School minus having that awkward conversation about asking your date to prom.  Listen to find out what your High School classes have to do with Clinical Trials. Some of what you will learn:

• What makes a Good Hypothesis
• Statistical Concepts
• Statistical Methods involved in carrying out a study 
• The vocabulary of Clinical Research
• History of Clinical Research
  • Newgate Prison
  • Daniel and King Nebuchadnezzar
  • Pepsi vs. Coke

Part 3: History of Clinical Trials Dr. Michael Koren walks through the history of clinical trials. From the Biblical stories of Daniel through the smallpox pandemic to our present COVID pandemic. How far have we come and where do we go from here? Some of what you will learn:

• History of Clinical Research
  • Daniel and King Nebuchadnezzar
  • Newgate Prison
  • Cotton Mather & Onesimus
• Current Vaccine Trials
  • Chickenpox
  • Shingles
  • Covid
  • Flu
  • RSV
• Future of COVID

Part 4: Truth Behind Clinical Trials In this final episode Dr. Michael Koren wraps up their discussion on how Clinical Trials find the Truth as well as Truth vs Faith and the conclusion of Lady Tasting Tea. Could she actually tell whether the milk or tea was put in first?

Lady Tasting Tea

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Music: Storyblocks - Corporate Inspired

Recorded Date: May 13, 2022