Welcome to the November issue of your CINP eflyer.

In this Issue

	Good Clinical Practice On-Line Course
	CINP Hong Kong 2010 - Educational Track
	Psychopharmacology Workshops - South Africa
	CINP Awards - Hong Kong 2010
	ACNP 2009
	President Belmaker's Asia Trip

Good Clinical Practice On-Line Course

The CINP educational committee is pleased to offer CINP members free online training in Good Clinical Practice (GCP). This has been facilitated through a partnership with Quintiles Inc. Please help us to publicize this opportunity to colleagues. The value of this course alone is higher than CINP membership dues. Please let non-CINP colleagues know about this online offering, and encourage them to apply for membership. This GCP course adds to the free content on the educational portal on the CINP web site, which already includes access to the NEI/Stahl Psychopharmacology education content.

The course titled: Introduction to Clinical Drug Development Process: ICH/FDA Good Clinical Practice for Clinical Trial Sites is an online educational programme containing six (6) one-hour modules designed for clinical and research staff. These modules will provide you with the information that you need to successfully implement a clinical trial at your site. As you go through the modules, there will be didactic information as well as exercises and assessment questions.

Completion of this educational programme will allow you to:

• Apply Good Clinical Practice in the conduct of clinical trials at your site
• Identify the parties involved in clinical research and describe their roles and responsibilities
• Locate GCP references and use them in resolving issues that arise at your site
• Recognise the importance of adherence to GCP by all research staff in order to prevent research misconduct and pass inspections and audits.

If you would like to complete the GCP programme please click the following link GCP programme.  Once you have reached the homepage please click "Create User Profile" which will take you to the registration page.  Please ensure you insert your CINP Membership number.  If you are unsure of your membership number please contact the CINP Central Office cinp@northernnetworking.co.uk.

Amir Kalali
Chairman, Education Committee

CINP Hong Kong 2010 - Educational Track

The CINP has always had a strong commitment to increasing knowledge on advances in neuropsychopharmacology and the treatment of disorders of the human brain. This is best exemplified by the ongoing Educational Program which is a major component of the CINP Congress. The CINP is unique in the neuropsychopharmacology field in that it does not have a regional focus; rather it seeks to reach across boundaries to all researchers in the area of neuropsychopharmacology. In line with this philosophy, and the CINP 2010 meeting being in the Asia/Pacific region, the Education Program in Hong Kong will have presentations in English, Chinese, Japanese and Korean. This will allow the Education Program to project the unique approaches to neuropsychopharmacology and the treatment of disorders of the brain being pioneered in the Asia Pacific Region. 

Prof. Brian Dean and Prof. Jun Soo Kwon
Co-Directors of the Educational Track at Hong Kong CINP 2010

Psychopharmacology Workshops - South Africa

A two day course in psychopharmacology was held in Cape Town, South Africa on 31 October and 1 November 2009. The meeting was organized by the Collegium Internationale Neuro-Psychopharmacologicum (CINP) and endorsed by the South African Society of Psychiatrists (SASOP). The aim of the course was to provide psychiatrists and neuroscientists in South Africa with up-to date evidence-based information in the key areas in clinical psychopharmacology. This was an advanced course, pitched at a post-graduate level. The number of delegates was restricted to 30. The course was sponsored by way of an unrestricted educational grant from Servier. The meeting was registered for CPD points and certificates were issued to delegates. This was the first of a series of meetings to be held at different venues in South Africa – two per year over three years. It will be conducted in accordance with CINP and SASOP guidelines. The meeting is organized by Robin Emsley.

Robin Emsley
CINP Education Committee

CINP Awards - Hong Kong 2010

CINP are pleased to announce that the following awards will be available at the XXVII CINP Congress in Hong Kong:

• Lilly Neuroscience Basic Research Award
• Lilly Neuroscience Clinical Research Award
• Max Hamilton Memorial Prize
• CINP Pioneers in Psychopharmacology Award
• Rafaelsen Young Investigators Award
• CINP Prize in Ethics in Psychopharmacology

The CINP awards are awarded to scientists and young investigators in recognition of an outstanding contribution to psychopharmacology. Please encourage your colleagues to apply for these awards.

The award application forms and instructions are available to view and download at the CINP website www.cinp.org. For further information regarding the awards please do not hesitate to contact the CINP Central Office.

Gill Moore
Executive Secretary
 

ACNP 2009

There are a limited number of places still available for the ACNP meeting in Hollywood, Florida (6-10 December 2009) for paid up CINP members.  To register for the meeting, please contact the CINP Central Office (cinp@northernnetworking.co.uk).  Further information can be found on the website www.cinp.org.

President Belmaker's Asia Trip

Prof RH Belmaker giving the plenary at the annual China Psychiatric Society meetings in Changsha, China on Oct 22, 2009. Standing next to him is a simultaneous translator.Over 1,500 psychiatrists attended the meeting, and CINP announcements for HK 2010 were taken up avidly.