Overview
The BMC Clinical Research Unit (CRU) is an extension of the hospital’s mission to advance science for all by creating a leading-edge space to conduct complex, diverse, and equitable clinical research on today’s most pressing health issues. With 3,000 square feet of state-of-the-art space, the BMC CRU, located in the Yawkey building, is an investment in research at the forefront of innovation and health equity.
Unit Capabilities
- Highly trained inpatient nurses for adult and pediatric participants
- Research Clinical Coordinators to support visits
- Potential for the conduct of 24-hour studies, such as pharmacokinetic studies
- Access to emergency response teams facilitating the conduct of higher risk studies
- Clinic exam rooms
- Medication and nutrition stations
- Phlebotomy and lab processing
In addition to CRU capabilities, the Clinical Research Network is also available to provide BMC’s researchers, sponsors, and the broader BMC community with high-quality staffing services, including community-engaged recruitment, to rapidly activate and manage complex and clinically important studies.
Together, the new CRU at BMC and the existing Boston University Clinical & Translational Science Institute General Clinical Research Unit will give participants, researchers and our sponsors continued access to an expansive array of services that adhere to the highest standard of safety and clinical efficiency.
For questions about the CRU at BMC, please email Anh Tran, Clinical Director, at Anh.Tran@bmc.org.
Initiating a Trial
If you are a BMC or BU researcher interested in initiating a trial, please fill out the intake form in WebCAMP. Reviewers will decide if the CRU at BMC or GCRU at BU is more appropriate based on your responses.