Posts by Kevonna Hayes
GREATER GIFT EXPANDS ITS FOOTPRINT TO FORM PARTNERSHIP WITH AURORA RESEARCH INSTITUTE IN WISCONSIN
Winston-Salem, N.C. – Greater Gift, located in the Wake Forest Innovation Quarter, recently formed a partnership with Aurora Research Institute, located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Greater Gift expresses gratitude for the heroic work of clinical trial participants to advance medical research. They do this by donating one life-enhancing gift of a vaccine in honor of an…
Read MoreThyroid Cancer Awareness
Written by guest blogger, Sydney Beason September is Thyroid Cancer Awareness month. Over 50,000 people are diagnosed with Thyroid cancer every year, and Thyroid Cancer is the fifth most common cancer in women. The statistics are important, but the 50,000 stories are much more transformative. In 2017, I was one of those 50,000 new cases.…
Read MoreValue of Immunization
Written by guest blogger, Sydney Beason What would a world without vaccines look like? As a young child, I grew up going to the doctor every year for a checkup and receiving a few shots followed by a sticker because I was brave. At the time, I was so focused on the sticker and the…
Read MoreThe Value of an Internship
Written by guest blogger, Sydney Beason As my summer internship comes to an end at Greater Gift and I transition into my first year of college at Furman University, I can now spend some time reflecting on my time as the Program Coordinator Intern. The reflection is a process that is just beginning, and the…
Read MoreThe Future of Clinical Research Lies Within Our Youth
This past Tuesday, Greater Gift had the opportunity to make an impression on young, curious summer campers about the importance of clinical trials and giving back. Summit School of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, brought a group of middle school summer campers to tour and learn about the Innovation Quarter and broaden their perspective of our community…
Read MoreEffective Communication Leads to Empowered People
Thirty million American adults are below a basic health literacy level1. As a professional I often ask myself when I am speaking about clinical research to friends, family or the community, “How are my communication skills?”. Am I clear and understandable to the point where a person with no prior knowledge can understand clinical research?…
Read MoreMagnitude of Gratitude: Providing Service to the Clinical Research Ecosystem
As a child, I enjoyed playing with pinwheels, running through our backyard with my favorite cousin on a warm spring day—stretching out my arm and watching the wheel turn by the wind. Reflecting back to those days as an adult, I now see how much they resemble turbines (windmills). The blades on the turbines use…
Read MoreMagnitude of Gratitude: Your HEALTH is in their CARE
The ability to measure a patient’s experience across their entire network of care is an important factor to most, if not all, healthcare organizations. The healthcare organization can be a large hospital system, a private practice, nursing home or even a clinic. Healthcare organizations are moving toward a new era where patients are center and…
Read MoreLack of Standardization Hinders Clinical Trial Workforce Opportunities
This blog was originally published by Michael Causey from ACRP. Standardization and high-quality training are keys to recruiting and retaining more principal investigators (PIs) for running clinical trials, according to panelists at the Clinical Trial Collaborations conference in Cambridge, Mass., on April 11. Luckily, the tools are available today. “This is a very encouraging time,”…
Read MoreGreater Gift proudly supports NIH in launching the All of Us Research Program to advance precision medicine
Greater Gift proudly supports NIH in launching the All of Us Research Program to advance precision medicine Enrollment set to open nationwide for historic research effort Greater Gift is proud to lend our support of the launch of a momentous effort — the National Institutes of Health will open national enrollment for the All of…
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