Certara Professional Courses and Certifications

Cost - $1,000 (Academia $500, Africa/India $250) Course Description This course is designed to explore advanced techniques in pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamics modelling and simulation that are directly applicable to current challenges in drug development. In depth theory is coupled with examples from current literature to provide a complete training experience. Topics include complicated population pharmacokinetic models, PK/PD modelling of oncology studies, modelling transit compartments, target mediated drug disposition, and extrapolation from adults to children. If you are an academic user, please contact us so we can update your account profile to give you access to academic pricing.  Note that you must register with an email address that is associated with an academic institution to get academic pricing. If you are located in Africa or India, please contact us so we can so we can update your account profile to give you access to the Africa/India pricing.  You will need to provide proof that you are physically located in India to get the pricing. Software Used Phoenix NLME™ A temporary (30-day) license is provided to subscribers of this course.  When you are ready to start the practice exercises in this course, contact us to request your license. Accessing the Course After registering for this course, login to www.certarauniversity.com and you will see the course on your Dashboard. You will have access to this course for a period of 3 years after the purchase. The purchase is for a single seat in the course. No sharing the login between different individuals is allowed. Additional seats must be purchased if more than one person wishes to take the training course. Course Length:  The course provides approximately 3 hours of video instruction which includes a practical component that you can do at your own pace. It is expected to take participants about 12+ hours to complete, including time to perform the tasks in Phoenix. Prerequisites Before attending this course, attendees should be familiar with creating models using PML (Phoenix Modeling Language). Participants should also be able to perform the tasks in the following Certara University courses: Introduction to Population Modeling using Phoenix NLME (On-Demand 101-OD) Intermediate Population Modeling using Phoenix NLME (On-Demand 201-OD) Instructor Carlos Rodríguez, Ph.D. Director, Clinical Pharmacology and PK/PD, PharmaPolaris International, Inc. Carlos Rodríguez has over 25 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry in the areas of Clinical and Preclinical Pharmacokinetics, Drug Metabolism, Clinical Pharmacology, and Pharmacometrics. Dr. Rodríguez obtained a B.S. in Pharmacy from the University of Puerto Rico in 1986, and Ph.D. in Pharmaceutics from The University of Michigan in 1991. He joined The Upjohn Company in 1991 as a Scientist supporting preclinical pharmacokinetics and bioanalysis in the areas of CNS, metabolic diseases, cardiovascular, and anti-infectives. In 1997 he joined the clinical pharmacology unit (then Pharmacia & Upjohn), where he supported development projects in CNS and infectious diseases. In 2001, he became Associate Director of Pharmacokinetics at Chiron Corporation, where he supported small and large molecule programs in anti-infectives, oncology, and organ transplantation. In 2005, he became Director of Clinical Pharmacology at Roche Palo Alto, where he had direct responsibility over the clinical pharmacology development aspects of compounds in the anti-infective and inflammation therapeutic areas, including small and large molecules. He joined PharmaPolaris in 2007. Dr. Rodríguez has been involved in numerous IND submissions and participated in at least 10 NDA filings. In addition to Clinical Pharmacology, his research interests include Renal Drug Transport, Pharmacostatistical Modeling, Clinical Trial Simulation, and Population PK/PD. Dr. Rodríguez serves in the faculty of The University of Michigan, where he is Adjunct Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, and in the faculty of the University of the Pacific, where he is Adjunct Professor of Pharmaceutics and Medicinal Chemistry. He lectures at the undergraduate and graduate levels in the areas of Pharmacokinetics, Physical Pharmacy, and Pharmacometrics. Read More

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Phoenix Tips and Tricks and Express Webinars Recordings (Complimentary) This course contains short videos as well as express webinars recordings on tips and tricks for using the Phoenix Software or other Certara software.  These tips can be helpful to users who have familiarity with the Phoenix software but want to learn how to use it more effectively.   Videos will be added on on-going basis so make sure to check often for additional tips and tricks. These tips are no substitute for formal training.  Certara University offers many other courses to expand your theoretical and practical knowledge of PK/PD analysis using the Phoenix software. Learn which course might be best for you:  What course should I take? Certara University Curriculum Read More

Enroll for this free "course" which contains recordings of Webinars by Certara University and Certara partners. Recordings will be added in on-going basis. Recordings of the express webinars on Phoenix (30 minutes) can be found in [001-TU] Phoenix Tips and Tricks -Short Videos and Express Webinars   Read More

Complimentary Phoenix Tutorials Enroll in this complimentary course to watch tutorials for Phoenix version 8.2.  The course contains tutorials for Phoenix WinNonlin and Phoenix NLME.  You will be required to sign in or create a new login to Certara University after selecting the 'Enroll' button.   Select 'Start Learning Now' to view the tutorials.  You can also locate this course under 'My Courses' area at  www.certarauniversity.com at any time. Tutorial 1 - Get Started with Phoenix WinNonlin 8.2 In this short video tutorial you will learn how to get started using Phoenix 8.2. This tutorial is intended for new users of Phoenix software. The video takes you through: Importing data Plotting data Non-Compartmental Analysis Summarizing and Tabulating results Tutorial 2 - Get Started with Phoenix NLME 8.2 In this short video tutorial you will learn how to get started using Phoenix NLME 8.2. This tutorial is intended for new users of Phoenix software with an NLME license for Population PK/PD Modeling. The video takes you through: Importing data Plotting data Phoenix Model Object Model Structure Initial Estimates Define Residual Error Model Covariate Analysis Comparing Population Models Certara University offers many other courses to expand your theoretical and practical knowledge of PK/PD analysis using the Phoenix software. Read More

Complimentary Tutorial This introductory set of tutorial videos are designed for administrators (3 video tutorials) , QA (1 video), end-users (5 video tutorials), and archivists (1 video tutorial) of Certara Integral.  Administrator tutorials familiarize administrators with Integral security and folder organization.  The Admin and QA tutorial shows how to obtain Integral system audit reports End-user tutorials explain how to use the Integral Phoenix Client, the Integral Client Application and the integral Web Client.  The Phoenix Client is designed to be used by Phoenix users.  The tutorial takes a first time user through the basics of using Certara's Integral with the Phoenix client. You see how to create studies, upload data, and link analyses between the two tools. We show how data changes are recorded and tracked when updates are made to the source data.  The second end-user tutorial teaches users how to use Integral with other agnostic analysis tools using the Phoenix Client App.  The third tutorial discusses how to use the Integral Web-Client for users that might not be doing analysis but need access to the data in Integral. The archivist tutorial provides a high level review of Integral and demonstrates how to lock and unlock folders. In addition the 'What is New in Integral' sections outlines changes done to Integral in the newer versions. Module 12 has tips for using integral.  For example how to share an integral Phoenix project with someone who doesn't have Integral. Read More