John Kairalla, Ph.D., B.S.P.H., a research associate professor and associate program director of the Children’s Oncology Group Statistics and Data Center in the PHHP department of biostatistics, was invited to be a speaker and faculty mentor at the International Collaboration for Research Methods Development in Oncology, or CReDO, workshop March 4-9, in Lonavala, India. The selection of speakers involved an intensive team based effort to promote quality study and protocol development for junior researchers from areas lacking top notch research expertise. The goal is for junior researchers to create a plan that can be implemented by the end of the workshop. The travel is sponsored by St. Jude Global.