Clinical Trial Podcast | Conversations with Clinical Research Experts

About Clinical Trial Podcast | Conversations with Clinical Research Experts

Clinical research and clinical trial management form the backbone of drug and device approvals worldwide. Learn from the leading industry experts to build and advance your clinical research career. You'll hear from sponsors, clinical research organizations, and clinical trial sites around the globe. This show is for all current and aspiring clinical research professionals including clinical research associates (CRA), clinical operations managers, study managers, biostatisticians, medical doctors, safety monitors, clinical scientists and other healthcare professionals. To learn more, visit https://clinicaltrialpodcast.com/

Publisher

Kunal Sampat | Educator

Category

business · health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

16 Aug 2017

Latest episode

31 Jul 2026

Latest episodes

7 of 78 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   31 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT

   How Statisticians Really Think About Endpoints, Power, and FDA Review with Roseann White

   Roseann White, a retired biostatistician, shares practical insights on statistical thinking for clinical trial endpoints, power, and FDA review with the Clinical Trial Podcast.

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   30 Apr 2026TRANSCRIPT

   How Clinical Research Hiring Decisions Are Actually Made with Giovanni Lauricella

   Kunal Sampat interviews Giovanni Lauricella, Co-Founder and CEO of Lifeblood, revealing how clinical research hiring managers assess risk and recruiters champion candidates to secure roles.

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   30 Mar 2026

   Designing and Conducting Observational Studies with Thomas Newman, MD, MPH

   What separates strong clinical research from misleading conclusions? Often, it comes down to study design. In this episode of the Clinical Trial Podcast, Kunal Sampat sits down with Dr. Thomas Newman, Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at UCSF and co-author of Designing Clinical Research, to break down how observational studies actually work. While randomized controlled trials are often considered the gold standard, observational studies are essential in many real-world settings. But they come with challenges including bias, confounding, and misinterpretation that can lead to flawed conclusions if not handled correctly. Dr. Newman shares a practical framework to help you design better studies, interpret results more critically, and build a stronger foundation in clinical research. In this episode, you'll learn: When observational studies are more appropriate than randomized trials A practical framework for designing observational research Key threats to validity: bias, confounding, and chance How to interpret associations vs. causal effects Strategies for dealing with confounders in analysis How to approach statistics with more clarity and confidence About the guest: Dr. Thomas Newman, MD, MPH, is a Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of California, San Francisco. His work focuses on applying epidemiologic methods to important clinical problems in child health, including neonatal jaundice, infections in newborns, and cholesterol screening. He is widely recognized for his contributions to clinical research education and is co-author of Designing Clinical Research and Evidence-Based Diagnosis. Why this episode matters: If you want to grow in clinical research, you need more than surface-level knowledge - you need to understand how studies are designed and where they can go wrong. This episode helps you think like a clinical researcher.

Inside a recent episode

How Statisticians Really Think About Endpoints, Power, and FDA Review with Roseann White

Published 31 Jul 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] My story is there were two statisticians, Naaman and Fisher. And they both published tables. Naaman was a mathematician, and so he had this really long table. Fisher, on the other hand, he was actually working doing something else. Statistics was kind of on the side. When he published his table, he put the probability at 0.05, 0.01, and 0.001. So 5%. He said, well, 1 in 20 chance. That seems good enough to me. And so it became the de facto standard simply because more people used his table than they ever used Naaman's table because it was pages and pages long. So that's how we initially got it. […]

Who has been a guest on Clinical Trial Podcast | Conversations with Clinical Research Experts

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Roseann White
• Dr Artem Andrianov
• Dr Philip Räth
• Mike Wenger
• Donna Dorozinsky

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

2,959

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.6 / 5

48 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 67 / 100

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Quality

70

Social presence

0

YouTube

68

Engagement

92

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