Investigator Manual
Investigator’s Manual
Clinical Research Center
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
I.
Environment and Resources
The Harvard-Thorndike Clinical Research Center (CRC) provides the environment and resources to carry
out research on the causes, treatment, care, and cure of human diseases. The
goal of the CRC is to enable clinical investigators to perform their research
using modern techniques of study design, data acquisition, and data analysis,
while maintaining the high standard of patient care for which the Beth
Israel-Deaconess Medical Center is known. The CRC gives priority to NIH-funded,
foundation-funded and investigator-initiated research but studies funded by
industry and other sources also are welcome.
The Harvard-Thorndike Clinical Research Center at Beth Israel-Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts, is located on the East campus. The Inpatient unit is on the 8th floor of the Feldberg Building. The Outpatient unit and the Administrative offices are located on the 8th floor of the Gryzmish Building. Funding for the Beth Israel Deaconess
CRC derives from an institutional grant awarded by the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) within the National Institutes of Health. The
CRC has been funded at BIDMC since 1974. It has eight inpatient beds and separate outpatient rooms and provides specialized testing related to a variety of protocols..
Examples of resources available to investigators include a research Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Laboratory, an EEG, a complete dental suite, the SAFE (Syncope and Falls in the Elderly) Laboratory, the Cognitive Testing Laboratory, a GYN exam room, interview rooms, general examination rooms, a phlebotomy room and facilities to measure body composition and anthropometrics. The
CRC also maintains a metabolic research kitchen and sample processing laboratories.
The CRC provides a wide array of services and facilities to investigators who have privileges in the institution. These include bed and board for subjects in research protocols, routine and specialized nursing care, routine and specialized nutrition services, assistance with specimen collection and measurements, facilities for specimen analyses, biostatistical assistance, informatics assistance and assistance with report writing and publication.
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The
Harvard-Thorndike CRC is funded by Grant M01 RR01032 from the NCRR, NIH
Please send general questions about
the CRC to the
Administrative Manager.
Technical questions about this Web site can be addressed to the GCRC's
Webmaster.
Clinical Research Center
(CRC)
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts 02215
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