Professional Inquiries

The Clinical Research Center includes physicians; registered-nurse study coordinators; advertising, marketing and recruiting staff; regulatory and financial staff; and administrative support personnel. The CRC has performed and managed more than 200 Phase I, II, III and IV clinical studies. The staff prepares protocols, informed consents and other regulatory documents for submission to either the EVMS Institutional Review Board or Chesapeake. Research Review, Inc., which is available for proposed amendments. The Center creates and buys advertising, recruits and screens volunteers, obtains informed consents, schedules all office visits, performs tests and procedures and reports results to sponsoring organizations.

Routine audits by pharmaceutical sponsors and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have resulted in praise for the CRC's overall conduct of studies, subject retention, record-keeping and drug accountability.

The Clinical Research Center can support other clinical research by providing consultation on study design and development of protocols and informed consents. The CRC provides experienced staff who manage all aspects of research studies, from recruiting patients and handling biological specimens to coordinating the study and entering data with post-study follow-up.