Clinical Research Unit

Facilities, Clinical Services & Study Coordination

The CRU provides expert nursing, coordinator support and dedicated facilities for patient-oriented research, including inpatient and ambulatory studies 

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NEW Appointment Request Process

Please use this link https://is.gd/CCTS_participant_scheduling   to request your appointment.  Once your request is submitted, you will receive an email to confirm that your request was received.  

Have you Heard?
Linda

 

Linda Rice, BSN, RN, CCRS, director of clinical operations for the CCTS, discusses research participation on WUKY.

Listen now! Clinical Trials And Research: The Backbone Of Modern Medicine »

Impact

1343

Average Annual Inpatient Visits

150

Current Studies Supported by the Clinical Research Unit

1739

Four Year Average Outpatient Visits

CRU-Supported Research in the News

  • Behind the Blue logo
    • Oct 13 2020
    'Behind the Blue': Lisa Cassis Discusses Priority Areas for UK Research Efforts

    Dr. Lisa Cassis, UK’s vice president for research, oversees the university’s vast medical and nonmedical research efforts. On this episode of "Behind the Blue," she discusses the many areas UK's Office of Research is prioritizing, including greater diversity and inclusion, the increasing commitment to opportunities for undergraduate research, returning research efforts to higher capacity during the COVID-19 pandemic, and more.

  • The COBRE grant will support four early career researchers, top: Carrie Shaffer, Gluck Equine Research Center, and Martha Grady, College of Engineering, bottom: Samuel G. Awuah, College of Arts & Sciences, and Vincent Venditto, College of Pharmacy.
    • Aug 4 2020
    NIH Awards $11.2 Million for Pharmaceutical Research and Innovation Center at UK

    Jon Thorson and UK were recently awarded a prestigious Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) grant to study translational chemical biology from the National Institutes of General Medical Sciences, part of the National Institutes of Health. The $11.2 million grant will fund UK's Center of Biomedical Research Excellence in Pharmaceutical Research and Innovation.

  • Illustration of a COVID-19 particle
    • Jun 9 2020
    Pilot Program for COVID-19 Research Launches Multiple Projects in Record Time

    The program is a collaboration of the UK CURE Alliance and Center for Clinical and Translational Science, who together moved the funding mechanism from concept to first award in 20 days.

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