Mission

Our guiding principles and goals are: 

• To ensure patient/volunteer safety for all DoM research studies
• To establish a professional and productive operational system
• To develop a financially sustainable model for operations and growth

Contributions to the department

• Keeping the Department of Medicine in a leading position in clinical research at UMass Chan.
• Training future generations of clinical investigators.
• Recruiting top clinical researchers for the growth of the Department of Medicine.
• Recruiting, training, and overseeing clinical research staff.
• Providing financial management to the Department of Medicine’s clinical research operation.

Benefits to individual faculty members

• Easier to manage the complicated clinical research system at UMass Chan.
• Receive a wide range of essential services for clinical study operations.
• Standardization and consistency for different studies.
• More economical than hiring extra staff/service from outside groups.
• Link clinical research with education and training.