Certara Professional Courses and Certifications

Cost - Free This course covers use of Phoenix WinNonlin version 7.0.   It has an overview on the new features, functionality and improvements available in Phoenix WinNonlin 7.0. This course is intended for users upgrading to Phoenix WinNonlin version 7.0 (released in 2016). Software Used Phoenix WinNonlin Accessing the Course After registering for this course, login to www.certarauniversity.com and see the course on your Dashboard. Course Length:  The course provides approximately 2 hours of video instruction which includes a practical component that you can do at your own pace. It is expected to take participants about 8 hours to complete, including time to perform the tasks in Phoenix. Prerequisites None Instructor Ana Henry Ana Henry has extensive experience in a variety of roles in the Pharmaceutical industry. Most recently she acted as product manager for the complete suite of Certara Pharsight desktop products, personally leading the development of Phoenix®, the industry’s premier PK/PD software platform. Currently, she is with Certara University’s Scientific Training and Education Department, tasked with training and content development of on-demand courses. Ana has extensive experience in software demonstration and training and is adept at offering technical expertise and evaluation of software products. She has trained and provided support for Phoenix WinNonlin, Phoenix Connect, Phoenix NLME, Pharsight Knowledgebase Suite, AutoPilot, PKS Reporter, Trial Simulator, and PK/PD methodology courses. Prior to Certara, Ana worked in the pharmaceutical industry as a biostatistician and a pharmacokineticist, designing, analyzing and reporting on clinical studies. Ana is also a regular guest speaker in the graduate PK/PD course at the University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. Read More

What is New in Phoenix 8.0 Free Course Phoenix version 8.0 has many changes and improvements.  This course brings together materials on the new features in Phoenix 8.0.  This course includes a recorded webinar showing the new features of Phoenix 8.0, and subsequent videos show the new features in more detail.   Read More

Cost - Free This course will teach you the new features, functionality and improvements available in Phoenix WinNonlin 8.1. This course is intended for users upgrading to Phoenix WinNonlin version 8.1 (released June 2018) who have prior experience with Phoenix version 8.0. The course explains the new features that have been added and also contains a practical component to verify knowledge. There is no need to have the software installed locally to take this course and do the practical sections. Software Used Phoenix WinNonlin (No need to install locally) Accessing the Course After registering for this course, login to www.certarauniversity.com and see the course on your Dashboard. Course Length:  The course provides approximately 2 hours of video instruction which includes a practical component that you can do at your own pace. It is expected to take participants about 8+ hours to complete, including time to perform the tasks in Phoenix. Prerequisites Participants should have a good background in pharmacokinetics, and prior experience with Phoenix WinNonlin 8.0. Instructor Tom Jones Tom Jones has helped thousands of scientists become proficient with using Certara software in their research in the pharmaceutical industry. After completing his Ph.D. in analytical chemistry, he spent several years as an assistant professor, during which time he applied molecular modeling to teaching and research in chemistry, and then came to Certara, where for 20 years he has applied his passion for teaching scientific software applications. At first Tom was focused exclusively on molecular modeling applications in drug discovery and later broadened his expertise to include informatics and PK/PD modeling and analysis. He has created many training manuals, and you may very well have heard his voice in one of the numerous webinars and video demos he has created to help scientists become more proficient with Certara software. Read More

Cost - Free This complimentary course will teach you the new features, functionality and improvements available in Trial Simulator 2.3. Trial Simulation is used to optimize trial design to ensure greater success to meet trial objectives.  This course is intended  for users who have prior experience with Trial Simulator and who are upgrading to version 2.3.  Although certain sections might  help new users to better understand the aspects of trial simulation prior experience is recommended.  The course explains the new features that have been added and also contains a practical component to verify knowledge. There is no need to have the software installed locally to take this short course and do the practical sections. Course Content Introduction Installation, configuration, supported OS, other 3rd party compatibility Accessing study files and simulation results from previous version PK/PD Trial Simulation Demonstration [includes an interactive section] Plotting and Analysis using R Software within Trial Simulator [includes an interactive section] Conclusions Software Used Trial Simulator 2.3 (No need to install locally) Course Length:  The course provides approximately 2 hours of video instruction which includes a practical component that you can do at your own pace. It is expected to take participants about 4 hours to complete, including time to perform the tasks in Trial Simulator 2.3. Prerequisites Participants should have a good background in pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics modeling and simulation, and ideally, prior experience with Trial Simulator software. Instructor Christopher Mehl is a Senior Software Trainer with Certara University, and has been with Certara since 2003. His educational background is a BS in Molecular Biology from the Ohio State University, and an MS in Pharmacology from the University of Wisconsin. He has conducted over 200 training courses with Certara products such as Phoenix WinNonlin, IVIVC, NLME, PKS, and Trial Simulator. These include workshops at the US Food and Drug Administration, universities, customer sites, and courses open to the public. Read More

Cost - Free This course will teach you the new features, functionality and improvements available in Phoenix WinNonlin 8.1. This course is intended for users upgrading to Phoenix WinNonlin version 8.2 who have prior experience with Phoenix version 8.1. The course explains the new features that have been added and also contains a practical component to verify knowledge. There is no need to have the software installed locally to take this course and do the practical sections. Software Used Phoenix WinNonlin (No need to install locally) Accessing the Course After registering for this course, login to www.certarauniversity.com and see the course on your Dashboard. Course Length:  The course provides approximately 2 hours of video instruction which includes a practical component that you can do at your own pace. It is expected to take participants about 8+ hours to complete, including time to perform the tasks in Phoenix. Prerequisites Participants should have a good background in pharmacokinetics, and prior experience with Phoenix WinNonlin 8.1. Read More

Cost - FREE Pirana is a flexible, extendible pharmacometrics workbench that provides modelers with structure, tools, and a graphical user interface to facilitate the iterative processes used to create pharmacometric models and perform simulations. This tutorial will guide you through building models, conducting a covariate search, evaluating covariate models, and reporting results in Pirana. Software Used Pirana, NONMEM, R, PsN and Xpose Accessing the Course After registering for this course, you can find it on your Dashboard after logging in. Course Length:  The course provides approximately one hour of video demonstration. Prerequisites Knowledge of pharmacometrics using NONMEM is needed     Read More