INSPIRING RESEARCH – WHAT DRIVES A CLINICAL TRIALS RESEARCHER
THROUGH DR. ALEXANDER SPIRA, DIRECTOR OF THE VIRGINIA CANCER SPECIALISTS CLINICAL RESEARCH PROGRAM, WE EXPERIENCE THE CHALLENGES CLINICAL TRIAL RESEARCHERS FACE, AND LEARN WHAT KEEPS THEM EVER-SEARCHING FOR THE NEXT BREAKTHROUGH What motivates a lung cancer clinical researcher? What inspires them to show up unremittingly to the front lines of research in hopes of developing the next lifesaving treatment? For physician-scientists like Dr. Alexander Spira, that answer lies with the patients they are driven to save. Dr. Spira spends almost two-thirds of his time working with patients, mostly those facing…