Important Announcements

Nondiscrimination Statement Update

Boston Medical Center Health System complies with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, national origin (including limited English proficiency and primary language), religion, culture, physical or mental disabilities, socioeconomic status, sex, sexual orientation and gender identity and/or expression. BMCHS provides free aids and services to people with disabilities and free language services to people whose primary language is not English.

To see our full nondiscrimination statement, click here.

Campus Construction Update

Starting September 14, we’re closing the Menino building lobby entrance. This, along with the ongoing Yawkey building entrance closure, will help us bring you an even better campus experience that matches the exceptional care you've come to expect. Please enter the Menino and Yawkey buildings through the Moakley building, and make sure to leave extra time to get to your appointment. Thank you for your patience. 

Click here to learn more about our campus redesign. 

BMC Research

Yawkey Clinical Research Unit

Overview

BMC’s Yawkey Clinical Research Unit (Y-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, Y-CRU is an investment in research at the forefront of innovation and health equity.

Clinical Research Unit Service Line Photography

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 Y-CRU unit 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 Y-CRU and the existing Boston University Clinical & Translational Science Institute General Clinical Research Unit in Evans (E-GCRU), 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 Y-CRU, please email Vivian Onyechi, senior research project manager, at vivian.onyechi@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 Y-CRU or E-GCRU is more appropriate based on your responses.

Fill out the Intake Form