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Participant Recruitment & Study Management Services (PRS)
Provides expertise, tools, and resources to recruit participants and execute study protocols for UCSF clinical research studies.
Goals
- Assist investigators in overcoming study recruitment and operational challenges
- Assist investigators in efficiently recruiting, screening, and enrolling participants into UCSF clinical research studies
- Provide experienced coordinators to facilitate pre- and post-award study management
- Provide regulatory support for CHR, institutional and sponsor submissions
- Provide tools, education and outreach related to the recruitment of research participants and increase the pool of research volunteers
- Raise awareness of UCSF as a leading institution for clinical research
Resources and Services
These services help researchers recruit participants and execute study protocols. There are four highly skilled teams specializing in administrative, clinical & regulatory coordination, marketing & outreach, and technical study support. All services are available to UCSF faculty, staff, students and affiliates on a recharge basis.
Partnerships
- Academic Research Services/UCSF School of Medicine Information Services Unit (ISU)
- Center for Information and Study on Research Participation (CISCRP)
- CTSI Community Engagement & Health Policy Program
- OmniScience Mobile
- SalesForce Foundation
Advisory Board
- Bill Balke, MD, Director, Clinical Research Service, CTSI
- Homer Boushey, MD, Chief of Asthma Clinical Research Center and Chief of the Division of Allergy & Immunology
- Elly Cohen, PhD, Program Director, BreastCancerTrials.org
- Daniel Dohan, PhD, Assistant Professor, Institute for Health Policy Studies
- Deborah Grady, MD, Professor of Medicine, Associate Dean of Clinical & Translational Research, Director of UCSF Women’s Health Center and Co-Director of CTSI
- Jay Harris, Chief Strategic Planning Officer, UCSF Medical Center
- Janice Humphreys, RN, PhD, FAAN, Associate Professor Department of Family Health Nursing
- Maninder "Mini" Kahlon, PhD, CTSI Deputy Director & CIO
- Michael Potter, MD, Physician and Researcher in the Department of Family and Community Medicine and Director of the San Francisco Bay Area Collaborative Research Network (SF Bay CRN)
- Margaret "Peggy" Walsh, EdD, Professor Department of Preventative & Restorative Dental Sciences