The Curtis L. Meinert Professorship in Clinical Trials
CURTIS L. MEINERT, PhD, is a professor of epidemiology and founding director of the Center for Clinical Trials at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The Center for Clinical Trials, a joint initiative of the Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, supports the conduct of clinical trials for investigators throughout the Johns Hopkins medical institutions. Its faculty, based in many departments, collectively works to advance the methodology and conduct of clinical trials. Under his leadership, the center has become a model venue for carrying out clinical trials and for improving the methodology of trials. Dr. Meinert also holds a joint appointment in the Department of Biostatistics. His current research interests involve working on a paper concerning shutdowns of IRBs by OHRP and its predecessor organization, OPRR.