About CReDO

Our Vision

Biomedical research is the backbone of any healthcare enterprise and is crucial for progress in the way we treat human disease. Advances in treatment of many deadly diseases afflicting mankind have stemmed from painstaking research as much as from strokes of genius.

Innovations in medical treatment of disease go through a rigorous and systematic method of evaluation to ensure that these are genuine breakthroughs and not merely due to chance. The key to cutting-edge medical research is a combination of an curious and enquiring mind, the ability to transform a unique research idea or hypothesis into an answerable question, the drive to build and motivate a research team, develop an appropriate study design and methodology, conduct the trial, analyze the results and finally publish them regardless of whether the hypothesis was proved or disproved. Clearly, a number of unique, yet diverse skills are required to create an academic clinical researcher.

The International Collaboration for Research Methods Development in Oncology, or CReDO workshop, is designed to take participants through this fascinating journey of clinical research. Over six days, this workshop will shape and transform the germs of several ideas into full-fledged research protocols. Unique to CReDO is the fact that at least five of the protocols developed during the workshop will be “adopted” as National Cancer Grid (NCG) trials and shortlisted for funding and conducted under the auspices of the NCG. Also unique to CReDO is the opportunity for established researchers to further refine protocols developed prior and submitted to the NCG for funding while simultaneously generating multicentric participation from other NCG centres. “Credo”, which literally translates from Latin to “I believe”, is certain to cement participants’ self-belief as high-quality researchers and transform their academic careers.