ANA Clinical Trials Course
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2026 | 8:00 AM – 3:15 PM PT
Disclaimer: This course is offered independently of the Annual Meeting. It may be added to your Annual Meeting registration as an optional, add-on, stand‑alone course.
The ANA Clinical Trials Course is designed to further the career development of clinical neurologists interested in conducting clinical research. Compared to fields such as oncology and cardiology, the clinical neurosciences often lack well established pathways for providing this kind of training for emerging clinician-scientists. This day-long course will engage academic neurologists and neuroscientists in an analysis of the clinical development and testing of therapies for neurological diseases. Most participants will not have yet developed long-term clinical research programs or funding, but they will have intentions to work in this area. Throughout the course, strategies for career development will be interwoven with the didactic material, and the day will include time for networking with other participants and speakers.
This course is designed to support academic neurologists and neuroscientists at every stage of their career.
COURSE SCHEDULE
Note: All session times are listed in Pacific Time (PT)
Schedule Subject to Change: The event’s operating hours, schedules, CME and speakers are subject to change or cancellation without notice. Refunds will be not issued for failure to attend the session.
COURSE MODERATORS
Ludy Shih, MD, MMSc, FANA, Clinical Trials 2026 Director; Associate Professor of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2026 | Sandpiper Salons A&B
| 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM | Breakfast |
| 8:00 AM – 8:15 AM | Introduction Chair: Ludy Shih, MD, MMSc, FANA | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center |
| 8:15 AM – 9:00 AM | Producing Neurologic Therapies: Present and Future Speaker: Walter Koroshetz, MD, FANA | National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke; National Institutes of Health |
| 9:00 AM – 9:30 AM | Intro to Clinical Study Design Speaker: Mark Quigg, MD, MSc, FANA | University of Virginia |
| 9:30 AM – 10:00 AM | How to Do Translational Neurology in Academia Speaker: Kevin Sheth, MD, FANA | Yale School of Medicine |
| 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM | Break |
| 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM | Development of Targeted Therapies for Parkinson’s Disease Speaker: Dimitri Krainc, MD, PhD, FANA | Northwestern University |
| 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM | How to Get (and Stay) Funded Speaker: Justin McArthur, MBBS, MPH, FAAN, FANA | Johns Hopkins School of Medicine |
| 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM | New Approaches to Clinical Trials Speaker: Jordan Elm, MD | Medical University of South Carolina |
| 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM | Lunch |
| 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM | Starting and Developing a Successful Career as a Clinical Trialist Speaker: Jinsy Andrews, MD, MSc, FAAN, FANA | NYU Langone Health |
| 1:30 PM – 2:00 PM | Accelerating Clinical Research with Internet Recruitment and Direct to Participant Trials Speaker: Caroline Tanner, MD, PhD, FANA | University of California, San Francisco |
| 2:00 PM – 2:15 PM | Break |
| 2:15 PM – 2:45 PM | Using the CTSA System Effectively Speaker: Anthony Kim, MD, MAS | University of California, San Francisco |
| 2:45 PM – 3:15 PM | The Role of Industry in Clinical Trials Speaker: Ludy Shih, MD, MMSc, FANA | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center |
| 3:15 PM | Adjourn |