• Carry out all aspects of clinical research studies including multi-center trials
  • Support outcome and disease management research
  • Provide administrative, regulatory and/or operations support to investigators
    to accelerate study initiation, coordination and implementation
  • Host clinical and translational research from bench to bedside
  • Work with the exploratory industries toward the development of drugs,
    biologics and clinical devices to enhance Phase I/II clinical trials
  • Assess the need for additional clinical, pharmacological studies, and supply
    strategy for the advancement of ongoing research topics
  • Coordinate the Department of Surgery's clinical research efforts with
    research sponsors, other partners; the University of Pittsburgh, and UPMC
  • Provides wider data at county, state, and national levels for larger and more
    comprehensive studies
  • Provides state of the art experience in epidemiology and biostatistics for
    related clinical and biological research at the level of both interim and final
    analysis
Our
Services
University of Pittsburgh
Clinical Research Office for Surgery and Trauma
Dedicated inpatient and outpatient research facilities.
Faculty and staff are experienced in Phase I, II, III trials
Clinical research faculty and staff complete
compulsory training and are provided with numerous
education opportunities.
University’s Institutional Review Board meets
frequently each month for rapid review and approval of
research proposals.
Knowledge base:
Services provided to our research sponsors:
The research office is designed to handle multiple
clinical trials simultaneously to meet and exceed  
enrollment goals and to implement standard operation
procedures with rapid turn around on contracts,
budgets, submissions, query resolution and
transcription.
Other services provided to the department of
Surgery's clinical research investigators:
  • Assistance with IRB applications
  • Preparation and negotiate budgets
  • Facilitation contacts
  • Assistance in patients recruitment
  • Provide assistance with strategy and proposal development from
    both corporate -sponsored and investigator initiated clinical trials
  • Provide administrative regulatory and/or operations support to
    investigators to accelerate study initiation, coordination, and
    implementation
  • Provide assistance with the development of large multi-center
    grant applications
  • Provide advanced support in data management and analysis