Celebrate International Clinical Trials Day on May 20

This International Clinical Trials Day, take a moment to honor clinical research professionals by recognizing their contributions to public health and medicine.

International Clinical Trials Day is held on May 20 each year to commemorate the day that James Lind began the first randomized clinical trial in 1747.

You can show your support online and offline with these ready-to-use promotional materials from the Association of Clinical Research Professionals. Hang a poster, take a selfie, and celebrate the impact of clinical researchers.

Stanford Events

The Stanford Center for Clinical Research, SPECTRUM and Spectrum Children's Health will host a dessert bar to celebrate all the research nurses, coordinators, assistants, managers and professionals who make clinical research possible here at Stanford. This event is free and open to the Stanford Medicine community.

Join the #ClinicalTrialsDay movement

From now until May 20, the Department of Medicine will be celebrating #ClinicalTrialsDay on our Facebook and Twitter pages. Want to connect?

1. Print out one of the signs on the right
2. Write your name (or edit the pdf directly) to include your name and the name of your group or lab
3. Take a photo or a selfie
4. Email the photo to labaker@stanford.edu, or post to your preferred social network using the hashtag #ClinicalTrialsDay (make sure you are connected to the Department of Medicine’s Facebook and Twitter accounts)
5. The Department of Medicine will share your image