Where the Bench Meets the Bedside

General Information

Access to and use of the Harvard-Thorndike General Clinical Research Center is regulated by the NIH guidelines for General Clinical Research Centers.  These guidelines describe the mission of the center, our protocol review obligations and regulatory requirements for how we classify study activity and give the administrative staff guidance on supported activities and covered costs. 

In order to use the GCRC, all protocols must be reviewed by the GCRC’s Scientific Advisory Committee, which meets once per month.  The GCRC Scientific Advisory Committee reviews the study design and scientific merit of all protocols to be conducted on the GCRC to ensure that they are well designed and of the highest caliber.

For approved investigator-initiated (A) protocols, the GCRC grant is available to support:

• Inpatient bed day

• Outpatient visits

• Nursing

• Nutritional services

• Routine ancillary laboratory tests, as approved by GAC

For industry-initiated (D) protocols, investigators will be appropriately charged for services provided, based on established costs approved by the GCRC Scientific Advisory Committee.

The guidelines, policies and procedures for investigator use of the BIDMC GCRC can be found in our Investigator Manual.

The forms for investigator use of the BIDMC GCRC can be found in our Forms page.

The Harvard-Thorndike GCRC is funded by Grant M01 RR01032 from the NCRR, NIH
Please send general questions about the GCRC to the Administrative Manager.
Technical questions about this Web site can be addressed to the GCRC's Webmaster.

General Clinical Research Center (GCRC)
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts 02215
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