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General Clinical Research Center "Today's Research, Tomorrow's Cures"

MISSION

The General Clinical Research Centers (GCRCs) are a national network of approximately 90 centers usually located in units within hospitals of academic medical centers. Their primary mission is to provide a research infrastructure for clinical investigators who receive their primary support from other NIH components as well as other Federal agencies. These resources include specialized research nurses, research dieticians, biostatisticians, computer hardware and software systems for data management and analysis, and sophisticated laboratories vital for both inpatient and outpatient research. GCRCs are funded by competitive grants through the National Center for Research Resources, a subdivision of the NIH. Together, they support the following:

• Optimal settings for controlled studies by both basic and clinical investigators.
• Bidirectional interaction among those involved in basic and clinical research in
  multidisciplinary areas for studies of both children and adults.
• Environments and resources for developing future physician-scientists in the clinical
  research arena.
• Technological and therapeutic studies to ensure the expeditious translation of scientific
  knowledge into effective patient care.

SCOPE OF SERVICE

UCI's GCRC provides investigators with high quality research nursing support, dietary expertise and meals prepared at our new metabolic kitchen, examination space, specialized core facilities and services, as well as some support of hospital ancillary services, such as payment of laboratory tests and technical fees for radiological services. In addition to patient care services for research protocols, we offer biostatistical consultation as well as data management expertise.

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