August 16-22, 2010
Vail Marriott Mountain Resort & Spa
Vail, Colorado
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Elise Kayson, MS, RNC, ANP

Elise Kayson, MS, RNC is a Senior Associate in Neurology and Director of Clinical Project Management for the Clinical Trials Coordination Center (CTCC) in the Center for Human Experimental Therapeutics (CHET) at the University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York. She has her Masters in Nursing from the University of Rochester School of Nursing and is a licensed Nurse Practitioner with an active collaborative practice of Huntington and Parkinson disease patients in the Department of Neurology’s Movement and Inherited Neurological Disorders Unit. She has more than 20 years experience in pharmaceutical based research both commercial and academic. Prior to working at the University she was employed by Fisons Corporation for 6 years as a senior project manager. Ms Kayson has served as the Senior Project Manager for numerous clinical studies most notably the first prospective observational studies in individuals at-risk for Huntington disease. She has also participated on the steering committees for a number of Huntington and Parkinson disease trials and is a member of the Huntington Study Group Executive Committee. She is the principal investigator for a program called Project AWARE to Improve Awareness, Willingness and Ability for Research and Enrollment in Clinical Research. She has a primary interest in clinical trial design and assessment tools, recruitment strategies locally and internationally, and the informed consent process.


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