Bringing the Duke Critical Care Medicine community together around research. Abstracts are welcome from all multi-disciplinary team members of the Duke CM community. This year, our theme is "Critical Care Trials" and features our keynote speaker and moderator Christopher Lindsell, PhD.

Christopher Lindsell, PhD

Professor of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics
Member in the Duke Clinical Research Institute
Division of Biostatistics
Department of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics

As Director, Chris Lindsell, PhD leads the visionary strategic planning, development, and execution of state-of-the-art research for DCRI to achieve its scientific goals. He also serves as a member of the Senior Management Team and, along with Dr. Laine Thomas, will partner with Jack Shostak, Director of Statistical Operations, to execute research.

Lindsell has served as the Institute for Clinical and Translational Research Methods program Director, Co-Director of the Center for Health Data Science, and professor of biostatistics and biomedical informatics at Vanderbilt University. He is a leader in the application of rigorous methods in the acute care environment, and to the intersection between emergency care and public health. He has led data coordinating centers for numerous multi-center clinical trials, including FDA-regulated trials, and epidemiological studies. His experience spans mechanistic studies, network trials, pragmatic trials, embedded trials, and more.

Lindsell holds patents for using clinical information, biomarkers and transcriptomics for prognosis and prediction in sepsis and septic shock with a goal of precision therapy in critical illness. He has contributed to data standards for CONNECTS, NHLBI’s network of networks for COVID-19 research, and to the DAQCORD guidelines for data collection and curation in observational studies. He has published over 350 peer-reviewed papers, and most recently, he has been leading multiple major data center efforts during the Covid-19 pandemic including TREAT NOW, ACTIV6 and the IVY Network.

Miriam Treggiari, MD, PhD, MPH
Vice Chair, Research
Paul G. Barash Distinguished Professor of Anesthesiology
Professor in Population Health Sciences
Department of Anesthesiology

This activity has been planned and implemented by the Duke University Health System Department of Clinical Education and Professional Development and for the advancement of patient care. The Duke University Health System Department of Clinical Education and Professional Development is accredited by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing education for the health care team. 

In support of improving patient care, the Duke University Health System Department of Clinical Education and Professional Development is accredited by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), to provide continuing education for the health care team. 

Duke Health Clinical Education and Professional Development is accredited by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET), and is authorized to issue IACET CEU, and authorized by IACET to offer .1 CEUs for this program. 

Physician Credit: Duke University Health System Department of Clinical Education and Professional Development designates this activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.